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1996 Metropolitan Transportation Authority raises New York City bridge tolls to $3.50 each way
1995 New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority raises subway and bus fares from $1.25 to $1.50 1995 Dean St. Station in Brooklyn, is 6th Metropolitan Transportation Authority station to close since 1904 1993 Cigarette advertisements are banned in New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority 1992 Metropolitan Transportation Authority begins installing automated fare collection turnstiles 1992 New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority votes to ban cigarette ads on Jan 1, 1993 1992 Metropolitan Transportation Authority raised tolls on most New York City bridges from $2.50 to $3.00 1990 New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority stops token redemption at subway stations 1989 New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority opens 63rd street extension to subway 1988 New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority announces it may replace tokens with credit card type passes 1986 Transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver 1983 Elizabeth Dole, 1st female secretary of transportation, is sworn-in 1982 Metropolitan Transportation Authority launches a 5 year plan to upgrade the New York City subway system 1966 Lyndon Baines Johnson signs a bill creating Department of Transportation (DOT) 1962 U.S. Supreme Court disallows race separation on public transportation 1941 Nazis order Polish Jews barred from using public transportation 1936 Elizabeth Hanford Dole, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, 1983 - 1987 1931 Norman Mineta, born in San Jose, California, Representative-R-California 1975 - 1995, U.S. Secretary of Commerce 2000 - 2001, U.S. Secretary of Transportation 2001 - 2006 1909 U.S. prohibits interstate transportation of game birds 1825 Railroad transportation is born with 1st track (Stockton-Darlington) |
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