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A fascinating micro-history of NYC's subway system from LaGuardia's public works achievements in 1940 to the creation of the MTA in 1968.
In 1940, New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia realized an ambitious plan to modernize the city's public transit. He eliminated streetcars, demolished old elevated lines, and unified the subway systems. From then on, the IRT, BMT, and IND became one system under public control. And by 1968, that system had transformed...
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