Metropolitan Transportation Authority

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, abbreviated MTA, is a public benefit corporation in New York State responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area. It is the largest public transit authority in North America, serving 12 counties in Downstate New York, along with two counties in southwestern Connecticut under contract with the Connecticut Department of Transportation. It carries over 11 million passengers on an average weekday systemwide and over 850,000 vehicles on its seven toll bridges and two tunnels. It is recorded here as the transit authority of the New York City metropolitan area, whose subway and bus services the atlas describes.