Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority
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The Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority (MaBSTOA) is a subsidiary of the New York City Transit Authority
(NYCTA) that was created in 1962 to take over bus
services from the bankrupt Fifth Avenue Coach Company and Surface Transit
, Inc. MaBSTOA was created so that employees would not be subject to civil service employment rules, however, as a practice, all "rank and file
" employees such as bus operators, mechanics, and supervisors, have civil service protection like other NYCTA employees. MaBSTOA also has a separate pension plan from other NYCTA and MTA employees.
MaBSTOA operates as a subsidiary of the NYCTA. Its services today are operated under the New York City Bus brand of MTA Regional Bus Operations
.
New York City Transit Authority
The New York City Transit Authority is a public authority in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City...
(NYCTA) that was created in 1962 to take over bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
services from the bankrupt Fifth Avenue Coach Company and Surface Transit
Fifth Avenue Coach Company and Surface Transit
The Fifth Avenue Coach Company was a bus operator in Manhattan, The Bronx, and Westchester County, New York, providing public transit between 1896 and 1954 after which services were taken over by the New York City Omnibus Corporation...
, Inc. MaBSTOA was created so that employees would not be subject to civil service employment rules, however, as a practice, all "rank and file
Rank and file
In politics and labor unions the rank and file are the individual members of an organization, exclusive of its leadership. The phrase originated in the military, denoting the horizontal "ranks" and vertical "files" of individual foot-soldiers, exclusive of the noncommissioned officers....
" employees such as bus operators, mechanics, and supervisors, have civil service protection like other NYCTA employees. MaBSTOA also has a separate pension plan from other NYCTA and MTA employees.
MaBSTOA operates as a subsidiary of the NYCTA. Its services today are operated under the New York City Bus brand of MTA Regional Bus Operations
MTA Regional Bus Operations
MTA Regional Bus Operations is the surface transit division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority , created in 2008 to consolidate all bus operations operated by the MTA.-History:...
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Bronx Division
- Gun Hill Depot
- Kingsbridge Depot
- Mother Clara Hale Depot - formerly 146th Street Depot temporarily closed for rebuilding.
- West Farms Depot - formerly Coliseum Depot
- Amsterdam Depot- temporarily reopened while Mother Clara Hale depot is rebuilding,temporarily closed for service cuts.
Manhattan Division
- 100th Street Depot
- Manhattanville Depot - formerly 132nd Street Depot
- Michael J. Quill Depot - formerly West Side Depot