The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is the largest public transit authority in the United States, serving 12 counties in Downstate New York, along with two counties in southwestern Connecticut under contract to the Connecticut Department of Transportation1. The MTA manages, maintains, and runs subway and bus service in New York City2. Their system includes more than 6,455 subway cars, 472 subway stations, 665 miles of track, 5,780 vehicles in their bus fleet, all of which are 100% accessible to riders with disabilities, 234 local bus routes, 20 Select Bus Service routes, and 73 express bus routes in the five boroughs2