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The Daily News has an I-Team report on the cost of redundancy amongst MTA and its 7 agencies.

What it boils down to is that you have multiple agencies administering different parts of MTA, but they don’t take advantage of their relationship by sharing, say - the same accountants.

In addition, The News raps MTA on the knuckles for having multiple presidents and CTOs, and for giving them a rather generous “housing budget” whether they live near the city or not.

Of course, everyone loves a good game of municipal administrative trivia, s0 name the seven agencies (aka “Related Entities”) of the MTA. Answers after the jump…




 

• The Long Island Rail Road Company (LIRR), MTA Long Island Rail Road
• Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company (MNCRC), MTA Metro-North Railroad
• Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority (SIRTOA), MTA Staten Island Railway
• Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority (MSBA), MTA Long Island Bus
• MTA Bus Company, MTA Bus
• Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA), MTA Bridges and Tunnels
• New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA), and its subsidiary, the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority (MaBSTOA), both assigned the popular name MTA New York City Transit.

(thanks wikipedia!)