Not in Service
by James Aiken
Title
Not in Service
Artist
James Aiken
Medium
Photograph - Digital Image
Description
Looking through the rain splattered window at the empty seats of a subway car that is not in service.
The New York City Transit Authority (Also known as NYCTA or The MTA, and branded as MTA New York City Transit) is a public authority in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City. Part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the busiest and largest transit system in North America, the NYCTA has a daily ridership of 7 million trips (over 2 billion annually.
The NYCTA operates the following systems:
�New York City Subway, a rapid transit system in Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens.
�Staten Island Railway, a rapid transit line in Staten Island (operated by the Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority, a NYCTA subsidiary)
�New York City Bus, a bus network serving all five boroughs, managed under MTA Regional Bus Operations. (Information obtained from Wikipedia)
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September 13th, 2013
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Comments (61)
Jon Woodhams
Love pretty much everything about this photo: the square format, the focus on the raindrops, the blurred subway car, the color and sense of movement it conveys (not to mention the subject itself). Captures an integral part of living in New York. L/F/shared.