LEADER 03387nam 2200697 450 001 9910459884403321 005 20211005162357.0 010 $a0-8232-6191-3 010 $a0-8232-7180-3 010 $a0-8232-6192-1 010 $a0-8232-6193-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000250571 035 $a(EBL)3239935 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001352681 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11724453 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001352681 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11313797 035 $a(PQKB)10998095 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3239935 035 $a(OCoLC)893676425 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37893 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3239935 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10944067 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL671371 035 $a(OCoLC)923764509 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1884039 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1884039 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000250571 100 $a20141009h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrom a nickel to a token $ethe journey from board of transportation to MTA /$fAndrew J. Sparberg 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aNew York :$cEmpire State Edition,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (192 p.) 225 1 $aEmpire State Editions 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-40089-X 311 $a0-8232-6190-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1940: 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. 330 $a"Chronicle of twenty specific events in the history of New York's mass transit systems between 1940 and 1968, including large numbers of rare photos. 1940 to 1968 was chosen because those years bracket two sea change events - the June 1940 subway unification, and the March 1968 inception of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)"-- Provided by publisher. 410 0$aEmpire State Editions 606 $aLocal transit$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory 606 $aTransportation$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLocal transit$xHistory. 615 0$aTransportation$xHistory. 676 $a363.609747090511 700 $aSparberg$b Andrew J.$01027260 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459884403321 996 $aFrom a nickel to a token$92442599 997 $aUNINA