Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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| Category | Available 2007-08 |
Appropriations Recommended 2008-09 |
Change From 2007-08 |
Reappropriations Recommended 2008-09 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aid To Localities | 660,100,000 | 636,000,000 | -24,100,000 | 0 |
| Capital Projects | 352,000,000 | 487,000,000 | 135,000,000 | 878,923,000 |
| Total | 1,012,100,000 | 1,123,000,000 | 110,900,000 | 878,923,000 |
Note: Most recent estimates as of 01/22/08.
Mission
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is responsible for operating, maintaining and improving public transportation in the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District consisting of New York City and Duchess, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester counties. The Authority oversees the operations of the bus and subway systems in New York City, commuter railroads in the region, and seven bridges and two tunnels in New York City. This oversight includes general policy direction and development and financing of the operating and capital programs.
The Authority is comprised of three independent entities: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA New York City Transit and MTA Bridges and Tunnels. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has six subsidiaries: MTA Staten Island Rapid Transit, MTA Long Island Rail Road, MTA Long Island Bus, MTA Metro North Railroad, MTA Bus and MTA Capital Construction. MTA New York City Transit, which operates the New York City subway and bus systems, has one subsidiary: MTA Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit.
Budget Highlights
The Executive Budget recommends $1.1 billion All Funds ($487 million General Fund) for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Funds appropriated directly to the MTA include new appropriations and reappropriations from the Bond Act, approved by voters in November 2005, which provided $1.45 billion of capital aid from SFY’s 2005-06 through 2009-10. Funds appropriated also include a $636 million contingent appropriation for SFY 2009-10. In addition, approximately $879 million in reappropriations of capital aid are also recommended. The appropriations made directly to the MTA are in addition to the approximately $2.56 billion subsidy (an increase of approximately $138 million over the prior year level) provided by the State to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that is appropriated in the Department of Transportation’s Aid to Localities Budget.
2008-09 Executive Budget — Agency Presentation
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (PDF)