Rockfeller proposes what would become MTA
- MCTA had been formed in 1965 to buy and operate Long Island Rail Road
- Ronan was MCTA chair
- Rockefeller's plan would be designed to avoid legal questions about rights of Triborough bondholders
- Source: "Rockefller Seeks Regional Agency to Direct Transit," The New York Times, June 3, 1966. link
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Lindsay's transportation plan
- Would merge Transit Authority and Triborough
- Would provide mayor with veto power
- This ended up not happening because of Rockefeller's own plan
- Source: Richard Witken, "Lindsay and 'the Moses Problem'," The New York Times, March 20, 1966. link
- Source: "Rockefller Seeks Regional Agency to Direct Transit," The New York Times, June 3, 1966. link
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