03687nam 2200793 450 991078703840332120230420164723.00-8232-6191-30-8232-7180-30-8232-6192-10-8232-6193-X10.1515/9780823261925(CKB)3710000000250571(EBL)3239935(SSID)ssj0001352681(PQKBManifestationID)11724453(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001352681(PQKBWorkID)11313797(PQKB)10998095(OCoLC)893676425(MdBmJHUP)muse37893(Au-PeEL)EBL3239935(CaPaEBR)ebr10944067(CaONFJC)MIL671371(OCoLC)923764509(Au-PeEL)EBL1884039(DE-B1597)623950(DE-B1597)9780823261925(MiAaPQ)EBC3239935(MiAaPQ)EBC30251550(Au-PeEL)EBL30251550(MiAaPQ)EBC1884039(OCoLC)1301548741(EXLCZ)99371000000025057120230420d2015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrom a nickel to a token the journey from board of transportation to MTA /Andrew J. SparbergFirst edition.[Place of publication not identified] :Fordham University Press,[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 YorkHistoryNew York Mass Transit.Nickel.Token.Local transitHistory.TransportationHistory.388.42097471Sparberg Andrew J.1520123MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787038403321From a nickel to a token3758623UNINA