Civic - Services - Transport - New York, New York, USA

New York City offers a dizzying array of transit options; it is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and is part of the transit-rich eastern seaboard corridor from Boston to Philadelphia to Washington

• Port Authority: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; transportation mega-agency which develops transportation infrastructure throughout the metropolitan region; including airports, bridges, tunnels, marine terminals, industrial parks, heliports, bus terminal, and trains
• MTA: Metropolitan Transportation Authority; a New York State agency; divisions include New York City Transit (city buses, subways, and railroads) and commuter railroads (MetroNorth and Long Island Railroad) and Long Island Bus
• HopStop: Directions subway and bus; enter your start and destination addresses, choose your language, transportation mode, transfer preference, and departure time, and get directions
• GotoBus: Bus reservation system; buses connecting many cities including NYC
• Subway Info: Subway directions; from any location, to any location, within the five boroughs of New York City
• Straphangers: Straphangers Campaign; coalition of transit activists who want better subways and buses
• Trips 123: Transit info and planning; for travelers in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut metropolitan region; transit resources; real-time and static, multi-modal (subway, bus, rail, ferry), transportation agency verified, information for the public collected through TRANSCOM
• TRANSCOM: Regional coalition; consists of transportation and public safety agencies in the New York - New Jersey - Connecticut metropolitan region; created in 1986 to provide a cooperative, coordinated approach to regional transportation management
• Council: New York Metropolitan Transportation Council; planning organization for region including New York City, Long Island and the lower Hudson Valley; site includes links to transit services
• Roads: Guide to NY, NJ roads; gives information, pictures, and links to help you use roads and highways in the metro area
• Alternatives: Transportation Alternatives; group working for better bicycling, walking and public transit, fewer cars, safer, calmer neighborhood streets and car-free parks
• Auto-Free: Auto-Free New York; a group that works to improve the livability of the city through pedestrian spaces
• EZPass: an electronic toll collection system; drivers prepay tolls and attach a small electronic device to their vehicles; tolls are automatically calculated and deducted from the prepaid accounts as E-ZPass customers pass through the toll lanes
• NJTransit: New Jersey's public transportation corporation; services include bus, rail and light rail transit, linking major points in New Jersey, New York and Philadelphia
• JFK: JFK International Airport
• LGA: La Guardia Airport
• EWR: Newark Liberty International Airport
• NYC DOT: New York City's Department of Transportation; manages much of the city's transportation infrastructure, including city streets, highways, sidewalks, and bridges
• Amtrak: Amtrak passenger train service; from New York's Penn Station at 33rd and 8th Streets; train service to the eastern seaboard
• Fast Ferry: Ferry service; runs from Manhattan (E 34th St and Wall St Pier 11) to Highlands, New Jersey (Keyport, Sandy Hook)
• NY Waterway: Ferry and excursion fleet
• AirTrain JFK: JFK airport train service; connects JFK International Airport and MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) trains, MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) subways, and local buses; operated by the Port Authority of NY & NJ
• AirTrain EWR: Newark airport train service; connects EWR Newark Liberty International Airport with NJ TRANSIT commuter and Amtrak regional trains and is an on-airport service taking travelers between the airline terminals, rental car facilities, hotel shuttles and central parking lots; operated by the Port Authority of NY & NJ
• NY Airport Svc: New York Airport Service; provides transportation service to and from Manhattan (New York City), JFK Airport, LGA Airport, and Midtown Hotels.
• LimoLiner: NYC-Boston luxury bus; bus service with a focus on amenities, comfort, and productive travel time as well as avoiding delays from air or train travel; between the Hilton Boston Back Bay and the Hilton New York in Midtown Manhattan; stop in Framingham, MA (on request)

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