mta-formation

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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