What is Metropolitan Transportation Authority?
< !--- {{Infobox Public transit |name=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |image2=Sample of MTA services MNRR NYCT Bus LIRR MTA Bus LI Bus NYCT Subway.jpg |imagesize2=300px |caption2=The '''Metropolitan Transportation Authority''' (MTA) provides local and express bus, subway, and regional rail service in Greater New York, and operates multiple toll bridges and tunnels in New York City. |locale=[[New York City]]<br>[[Long Island]]<br>Lower [[Hudson Valley]]<br>[[Coastal Connecticut]] |chief_executive=Janno Lieber (CEO) |transit_type=Commuter rail, local and express bus, subway, bus rapid transit |headquarters=2 Broadway, New Work, NY 10004 |vehicles=2,352 commuter rail cars<br>6,344 subway<br>63 SIR cars<br>5,777 buses |began_operation=1965 |lines= * 17 commuter rail lines ** Staten Island Railway ** 5 Metro-North lines ** 11 LIRR lines * 24 subway lines * 320 bus routes ** 237 local routes ** 65 express routes ** 8 [[Bus rapid transit|BRT]] routes |ridership=8,658,764 (weekday; all modes) *[[Long Island Rail Road|MTA Long Island Rail Road]] *[[Metro-North Railroad|MTA Metro-North Railroad]] *[[New York City Subway|MTA New York City Subway]] *[[MTA Regional Bus Operations]] **MTA Bus **MTA New York City Bus *[[Staten Island Railway|MTA Staten Island Railway]] |website={{URL|new.mta.info}} }} The '''Metropolitan Transportation Authority''' ('''MTA''') is a [[government]]-chartered [[corporation]] that operates [[public transportation]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New York]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/|title=MTA – Subway, Bus, Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North|publisher=|accessdate=October 1, 2014}}</ref> The MTA runs [[bus]]es and [[train]]s in 12 [[county|counties]] in southeastern New York. It also runs in two counties in southwestern [[Connecticut]]. On weekdays, about 11 [[million]] passengers use MTA buses and trains. Over 800,000 [[vehicle]]s use its seven [[Toll bridge|tolled bridges]] and [[Toll tunnel|two tunnels]] daily.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/bandt/html/btintro.html|title=M