#transithistory search results

Found this in a drawer. Vintage Vancouver Skytrain ticket from spring 1997, 9 months before the formation of Translink, the current Metro transit authority. #vancouver #transithistory #skytrain

CharliRomeoLima's tweet image. Found this in a drawer.  Vintage Vancouver Skytrain ticket from spring 1997, 9 months before the formation of Translink, the current Metro transit authority.
#vancouver
#transithistory
#skytrain

🚂Join my book club to explore "The Associates: Four Capitalists Who Created California" by Richard Rayne! Discover how the Big Four shaped our state’s history and transportation. 📚 Don't miss out—let's dive into California's past together! #TransitHistory Click below to sign…


This day in #TransitHistory, 1937: The Lincoln Tunnel, in New York City, opens to traffic!

toastingnyc's tweet image. This day in #TransitHistory, 1937: The Lincoln Tunnel, in New York City, opens to traffic!

This day in #TransitHistory, 1953: New York City Transit Authority forms #MTA

toastingnyc's tweet image. This day in #TransitHistory, 1953: New York City Transit Authority forms #MTA

Modern-day marvel! This day in #TransitHistory, 1955: The Tappan Zee Bridge opened.

toastingnyc's tweet image. Modern-day marvel! This day in #TransitHistory, 1955: The Tappan Zee Bridge opened.

Modern-day marvel! This day in #TransitHistory, 1955: The Tappan Zee Bridge opened.

toastingnyc's tweet image. Modern-day marvel! This day in #TransitHistory, 1955: The Tappan Zee Bridge opened.

Oh the suspense! This day in #TransitHistory, 1936: 15,000 people gather for the opening of the Triborough Bridge.

toastingnyc's tweet image. Oh the suspense! This day in #TransitHistory, 1936: 15,000 people gather for the opening of the Triborough Bridge.

This day in #TransitHistory, 1909: 1st subway car with side doors goes into service in New York City

toastingnyc's tweet image. This day in #TransitHistory, 1909: 1st subway car with side doors goes into service in New York City

Why not? This day in #TransitHistory, 1981: New York City introduced a new brass, Y-cut-out token for subways and buses

toastingnyc's tweet image. Why not? This day in #TransitHistory, 1981: New York City introduced a new brass, Y-cut-out token for subways and buses

This day in #TransitHistory, 2009: In an unexpected landing, Captain Chesley Sullenberger lands U.S. Airways Flight 1549 safely in the Hudson River.

toastingnyc's tweet image. This day in #TransitHistory, 2009: In an unexpected landing, Captain Chesley Sullenberger lands U.S. Airways Flight 1549 safely in the Hudson River.

Bullseye! This day in #TransitHistory, 1986: The #NYC transit system issues the iconic “bullseye”-style token @MTA

toastingnyc's tweet image. Bullseye! This day in #TransitHistory, 1986: The #NYC transit system issues the iconic “bullseye”-style token @MTA

This day in #TransitHistory, 1903: The 1st transcontinental auto trip began in San Francisco, ending in New York three months later

toastingnyc's tweet image. This day in #TransitHistory, 1903: The 1st transcontinental auto trip began in San Francisco, ending in New York three months later

As we celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth, I think of heroes like Elijah McCoy - a mechanical engineer with more than 50 patented inventions to his name. McCoy’s inventions drastically improved the efficiency and safety of locomotives in in the early 1870s. #TransitHistory

hardeepgrewal_'s tweet image. As we celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth, I think of heroes like Elijah McCoy - a mechanical engineer with more than 50 patented inventions to his name.

McCoy’s inventions drastically improved the efficiency and safety of locomotives in in the early 1870s.

#TransitHistory

It's #TriviaThursday 🤔❓ CTfastrak has been getting riders around Central CT for years - when did it make its debut? 🚌 Leave your answer in the comments! #CTtransit #TransitHistory #SustainableTravel

CTrides's tweet image. It's #TriviaThursday 🤔❓

CTfastrak has been getting riders around Central CT for years - when did it make its debut? 🚌

Leave your answer in the comments!

#CTtransit #TransitHistory #SustainableTravel

Flying high! This day in #TransitHistory, 1941: The #NYC Council agreed to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in #Queens.

toastingnyc's tweet image. Flying high! This day in #TransitHistory, 1941: The #NYC Council agreed to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in #Queens.

Happy New Year! 🎉🥳 Riding into 2024 like Baby New Year on a Pacific Electric train in 1924. :) libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/employee… #transithistory #PacificElectric #100yearsago

LAhistory's tweet image. Happy New Year! 🎉🥳

Riding into 2024 like Baby New Year on a Pacific Electric train in 1924. :) libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/employee… #transithistory #PacificElectric #100yearsago

Thanks to @CityOfBoston’s repaving project on Tremont Street, @MBTA route 66’s heritage is shining through. #VestigialRail #Boston #TransitHistory

According2Scott's tweet image. Thanks to @CityOfBoston’s repaving project on Tremont Street, @MBTA route 66’s heritage is shining through. #VestigialRail #Boston #TransitHistory

🌉 The #BayBridge configuration we know today, five westbound lanes on the upper deck and five eastbound lanes on the lower, was implemented 60 years ago this week. The switch happened after the Key System (pic!) was dismantled. 🚋 #TBT #TransitHistory 📷 : @nycsubway.org

BayAreaClipper's tweet image. 🌉 The #BayBridge configuration we know today, five westbound lanes on the upper deck and five eastbound lanes on the lower, was implemented 60 years ago this week. 

The switch happened after the Key System (pic!) was dismantled. 🚋 #TBT #TransitHistory

📷 : @nycsubway.org

PARTA is proud to celebrate womens history this month! #TransitHistory

PortageAreaRTA's tweet image. PARTA is proud to celebrate womens history this month! #TransitHistory

amitsmusingsonstuff.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-ev… 80 years of transit folly & genius. The US murdered its streetcars for asphalt - post-war hubris & corporate conspiracy. The Soviets built marble metros as propaganda. Choices reveal a truth: ideology trumps economics. #TransitHistory #UrbanPlanning


Bon voyage! This day in #TransitHistory, 1930: The 1st nonstop airplane flight went from New York to Panama.


🚍 After more than 90 years of service, the Detroit-Windsor tunnel bus ends its daily operations this Saturday. A significant chapter in cross-border travel comes to a close. #DetroitNews #TransitHistory Read more: detroitnews.com/story/news/loc… #brandhives


🚍 Evolution of American Buses — Part 3 (1959–1985) 7 iconic models that changed the way America moved. From GM’s New Look to the mighty Gillig Phantom. 📺 Watch the full evolution video here: youtu.be/fs8HobLx-No #BusEvolution #TransitHistory #AutoChron


🚍 Evolution of American Buses — Part 3 (1959–1985) 7 iconic models that changed the way America moved. From GM’s New Look to the mighty Gillig Phantom. 📺 Watch the full evolution video: youtu.be/fs8HobLx-No #BusEvolution #TransitHistory #AutoChron #Bus #Auto #evolution


Oh the suspense! This day in #TransitHistory, 1936: 15,000 people gather for the opening of the Triborough Bridge.

toastingnyc's tweet image. Oh the suspense! This day in #TransitHistory, 1936: 15,000 people gather for the opening of the Triborough Bridge.

Why not? This day in #TransitHistory, 1981: New York City introduced a new brass, Y-cut-out token for subways and buses

toastingnyc's tweet image. Why not? This day in #TransitHistory, 1981: New York City introduced a new brass, Y-cut-out token for subways and buses

Travel back in time with Jack Rose of Ultimate Park Guide as he explores the incredible collection of retired historic buses at the Trolley Museum of New York! 🚌✨ #TrolleyMuseumOfNewYork #HistoricBuses #TransitHistory #VintageBus #NYTransit youtube.com/shorts/htt4j9e…

ultparkguide's tweet card. The Secret Life of Retired NYC Buses

youtube.com

YouTube

The Secret Life of Retired NYC Buses


🚍 Ride through history and into the future with us. 🎉 Join us July 8 at 4:30PM for TAP into Transit Day at Main Street Station! 🚌 Climb aboard the new artics 🚍 Learn how to ride at zero fare 🚎 Get your first-ride ticket #RVA #TransitHistory #TAPintoTransit #ZeroFare


This day in #TransitHistory, 1903: The 1st transcontinental auto trip began in San Francisco, ending in New York three months later

toastingnyc's tweet image. This day in #TransitHistory, 1903: The 1st transcontinental auto trip began in San Francisco, ending in New York three months later

This day in #TransitHistory, 1953: New York City Transit Authority forms #MTA

toastingnyc's tweet image. This day in #TransitHistory, 1953: New York City Transit Authority forms #MTA

This day in #TransitHistory, 1905: The Pennsylvania Railroad debuts the fastest train in world, from #New York to #Chicago in 18 hours


Bullseye! This day in #TransitHistory, 1986: The #NYC transit system issues the iconic “bullseye”-style token

toastingnyc's tweet image. Bullseye! This day in #TransitHistory, 1986: The #NYC transit system issues the iconic “bullseye”-style token

#FlashbackFriday! Modesto hasn't always just had cars driving around! For a few years (1911-1917), we had our very own streetcar system. "The Modesto Interurban Railway"! It connected Modesto with Empire. What a cool piece of history. #Modesto #TransitHistory

StanRTARideTheS's tweet image. #FlashbackFriday! Modesto hasn't always just had cars driving around! For a few years (1911-1917), we had our very own streetcar system. "The Modesto Interurban Railway"! It connected Modesto with Empire. What a cool piece of history. #Modesto #TransitHistory

#FlashbackFriday! Modesto hasn't always just had cars driving around! For a few years (1911-1917), we had our very own streetcar system. "The Modesto Interurban Railway"! It connected Modesto with Empire. What a cool piece of history. #Modesto #TransitHistory

StanRTARideTheS's tweet image. #FlashbackFriday! Modesto hasn't always just had cars driving around! For a few years (1911-1917), we had our very own streetcar system. "The Modesto Interurban Railway"! It connected Modesto with Empire. What a cool piece of history. #Modesto #TransitHistory

MTD Time Machine 🕰️ Throwing it back to the days when our operators wore these iconic ties! This uniform staple, featuring a classic MTD logo & Champaign-Urbana lettering, was worn proudly by our team starting in 1971. #MTDTimeMachine #TransitHistory #ChampaignUrbana

rideMTD's tweet image. MTD Time Machine 🕰️

Throwing it back to the days when our operators wore these iconic ties! This uniform staple, featuring a classic MTD logo & Champaign-Urbana lettering, was worn proudly by our team starting in 1971. 

#MTDTimeMachine #TransitHistory #ChampaignUrbana
rideMTD's tweet image. MTD Time Machine 🕰️

Throwing it back to the days when our operators wore these iconic ties! This uniform staple, featuring a classic MTD logo & Champaign-Urbana lettering, was worn proudly by our team starting in 1971. 

#MTDTimeMachine #TransitHistory #ChampaignUrbana
rideMTD's tweet image. MTD Time Machine 🕰️

Throwing it back to the days when our operators wore these iconic ties! This uniform staple, featuring a classic MTD logo & Champaign-Urbana lettering, was worn proudly by our team starting in 1971. 

#MTDTimeMachine #TransitHistory #ChampaignUrbana
rideMTD's tweet image. MTD Time Machine 🕰️

Throwing it back to the days when our operators wore these iconic ties! This uniform staple, featuring a classic MTD logo & Champaign-Urbana lettering, was worn proudly by our team starting in 1971. 

#MTDTimeMachine #TransitHistory #ChampaignUrbana

PARTA is proud to celebrate womens history this month! #TransitHistory

PortageAreaRTA's tweet image. PARTA is proud to celebrate womens history this month! #TransitHistory

This day in #TransitHistory, 1953: New York City Transit Authority forms #MTA

toastingnyc's tweet image. This day in #TransitHistory, 1953: New York City Transit Authority forms #MTA

A token idea. This day in #TransitHistory,1953: #NYC transit first introduced subway tokens!

toastingnyc's tweet image. A token idea. This day in #TransitHistory,1953: #NYC transit first introduced subway tokens!

Modern-day marvel! This day in #TransitHistory, 1955: The Tappan Zee Bridge opened.

toastingnyc's tweet image. Modern-day marvel! This day in #TransitHistory, 1955: The Tappan Zee Bridge opened.

This day in #TransitHistory, 1937: The Lincoln Tunnel, in New York City, opens to traffic!

toastingnyc's tweet image. This day in #TransitHistory, 1937: The Lincoln Tunnel, in New York City, opens to traffic!

Modern-day marvel! This day in #TransitHistory, 1955: The Tappan Zee Bridge opened.

toastingnyc's tweet image. Modern-day marvel! This day in #TransitHistory, 1955: The Tappan Zee Bridge opened.

It’s grand! It’s central! This day in #TransitHistory, 1904: New York City begins building Grand Central Station!

toastingnyc's tweet image. It’s grand! It’s central! This day in #TransitHistory, 1904: New York City begins building Grand Central Station!

Bullseye! This day in #TransitHistory, 1986: The #NYC transit system issues the iconic “bullseye”-style token @MTA

toastingnyc's tweet image. Bullseye! This day in #TransitHistory, 1986: The #NYC transit system issues the iconic “bullseye”-style token @MTA

This day in #TransitHistory, 1983: The 10-pack of tokens debuts for subways. @MTA

toastingnyc's tweet image. This day in #TransitHistory, 1983: The 10-pack of tokens debuts for subways. @MTA

This day in #TransitHistory, 1870: Ground is broken for the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. The iconic span opens 13 years later.

toastingnyc's tweet image. This day in #TransitHistory, 1870: Ground is broken for the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. The iconic span opens 13 years later.

Why not? This day in #TransitHistory, 1981: New York City introduced a new brass, Y-cut-out token for subways and buses

toastingnyc's tweet image. Why not? This day in #TransitHistory, 1981: New York City introduced a new brass, Y-cut-out token for subways and buses

This day in #TransitHistory, 1909: 1st subway car with side doors goes into service in New York City

toastingnyc's tweet image. This day in #TransitHistory, 1909: 1st subway car with side doors goes into service in New York City

Oh the suspense! This day in #TransitHistory, 1936: 15,000 people gather for the opening of the Triborough Bridge.

toastingnyc's tweet image. Oh the suspense! This day in #TransitHistory, 1936: 15,000 people gather for the opening of the Triborough Bridge.

Flying high! This day in #TransitHistory, 1941: The #NYC Council agreed to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in #Queens.

toastingnyc's tweet image. Flying high! This day in #TransitHistory, 1941: The #NYC Council agreed to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in #Queens.

This day in #TransitHistory, 2009: In an unexpected landing, Captain Chesley Sullenberger lands U.S. Airways Flight 1549 safely in the Hudson River.

toastingnyc's tweet image. This day in #TransitHistory, 2009: In an unexpected landing, Captain Chesley Sullenberger lands U.S. Airways Flight 1549 safely in the Hudson River.

Happy New Year! 🎉🥳 Riding into 2024 like Baby New Year on a Pacific Electric train in 1924. :) libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/employee… #transithistory #PacificElectric #100yearsago

LAhistory's tweet image. Happy New Year! 🎉🥳

Riding into 2024 like Baby New Year on a Pacific Electric train in 1924. :) libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/employee… #transithistory #PacificElectric #100yearsago

This day in #TransitHistory, 1903: The 1st transcontinental auto trip began in San Francisco, ending in New York three months later

toastingnyc's tweet image. This day in #TransitHistory, 1903: The 1st transcontinental auto trip began in San Francisco, ending in New York three months later

Found this in a drawer. Vintage Vancouver Skytrain ticket from spring 1997, 9 months before the formation of Translink, the current Metro transit authority. #vancouver #transithistory #skytrain

CharliRomeoLima's tweet image. Found this in a drawer.  Vintage Vancouver Skytrain ticket from spring 1997, 9 months before the formation of Translink, the current Metro transit authority.
#vancouver
#transithistory
#skytrain

This day in #TransitHistory, 1977: The Concorde began scheduled service from Paris and London to #NY’s #JFKAirport began. @NY_NJAirports

toastingnyc's tweet image. This day in #TransitHistory, 1977: The Concorde began scheduled service from Paris and London to #NY’s #JFKAirport began. @NY_NJAirports

🌉 The #BayBridge configuration we know today, five westbound lanes on the upper deck and five eastbound lanes on the lower, was implemented 60 years ago this week. The switch happened after the Key System (pic!) was dismantled. 🚋 #TBT #TransitHistory 📷 : @nycsubway.org

BayAreaClipper's tweet image. 🌉 The #BayBridge configuration we know today, five westbound lanes on the upper deck and five eastbound lanes on the lower, was implemented 60 years ago this week. 

The switch happened after the Key System (pic!) was dismantled. 🚋 #TBT #TransitHistory

📷 : @nycsubway.org

Thanks to @CityOfBoston’s repaving project on Tremont Street, @MBTA route 66’s heritage is shining through. #VestigialRail #Boston #TransitHistory

According2Scott's tweet image. Thanks to @CityOfBoston’s repaving project on Tremont Street, @MBTA route 66’s heritage is shining through. #VestigialRail #Boston #TransitHistory

Loading...

Something went wrong.


Something went wrong.


United States Trends