03387nam 2200697 450 991045988440332120211005162357.00-8232-6191-30-8232-7180-30-8232-6192-10-8232-6193-X(CKB)3710000000250571(EBL)3239935(SSID)ssj0001352681(PQKBManifestationID)11724453(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001352681(PQKBWorkID)11313797(PQKB)10998095(MiAaPQ)EBC3239935(OCoLC)893676425(MdBmJHUP)muse37893(Au-PeEL)EBL3239935(CaPaEBR)ebr10944067(CaONFJC)MIL671371(OCoLC)923764509(MiAaPQ)EBC1884039(Au-PeEL)EBL1884039(EXLCZ)99371000000025057120141009h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrom a nickel to a token the journey from board of transportation to MTA /Andrew J. SparbergFirst edition.New York :Empire State Edition,2015.©20151 online resource (192 p.)Empire State EditionsDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-40089-X 0-8232-6190-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.1940: unification: IRT and BMT join the IND, creating one subway system -- 1941: a strike and a pioneering labor agreement -- 1941: Dyre Avenue subway extension opens -- 1941-1948: Third Avenue transit: rails to rubber -- 1944 and 1950: goodbye to Brooklyn Bridge rails -- 1947-1948: private to public bus operations -- 1948: goodbye to the nickel -- 1947-1956: final decade for Brooklyn trolleys -- 1950: farewell, Lexington Avenue -- 1953-1968: The TA, tokens, and TWU triumphant -- 1953: last double-deck buses operate on Fifth Avenue -- 1954-1956: The BMT and IND begin a courtship -- 1955: sunshine returns to Third Avenue -- 1956: Fifth Avenue coach becomes number one -- 1957-1959: IRT West Side improvement -- 1962: Fifth Avenue coach suddenly disappears -- 1964: World's Fair, Blue Subways, stainless steel subways -- 1966: Mike Quill's last hurrah -- 1967: The BMT and IND marry forever -- 1968: The MTA is created and express buses appear."Chronicle of twenty specific events in the history of New York's mass transit systems between 1940 and 1968, including large numbers of rare photos. 1940 to 1968 was chosen because those years bracket two sea change events - the June 1940 subway unification, and the March 1968 inception of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)"-- Provided by publisher.Empire State EditionsLocal transitNew York (State)New YorkHistoryTransportationNew York (State)New YorkHistoryElectronic books.Local transitHistory.TransportationHistory.363.609747090511Sparberg Andrew J.1027260MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459884403321From a nickel to a token2442599UNINA