Wikipedia:WikiProject New York City Public Transportation

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WikiProject New York City Public Transportation is a project to better organize information in articles dealing with mass transit in New York City and its surrounding areas. This page and its subpages contain the suggestions and opinions of interested contributors; it is hoped that this project will help to focus and coordinate the efforts of all.

To help, please inquire on the discussion page.

Scope

This WikiProject aims primarily to coordinate, organize, and develop all Wikipedia activities concerning all public transportation in the New York metropolitan area. This includes various operations overseen by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New Jersey Transit, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Coach USA in Greater New York.:

Commuter rail
Light rail
- Hudson–Bergen Light Rail
- Newark Light Rail
Rapid transit
Surface transportation: Bus
- Bee-Line Bus System
- Connecticut Transit (Stamford, New Haven, and any other TA with passenger connections to MTA Metro-North Railroad)
- MTA Regional Bus Operations
  - MTA Bus Company
  - New York City Transit buses (including Select Bus Service)
- Nassau Inter-County Express
- New Jersey Transit Bus Operations
- Suffolk County Transit
- Transport of Rockland
- Coach USA
- RIOC Red Bus
Transportation planning issues in Greater New York
- New York congestion pricing and related issues
Ferries
Tramways
- Roosevelt Island Tramway

It also includes various ferries and other connecting services, as well as historic services. In short, any article linked in a template below is in the scope of this WikiProject.

Resources

New York City public transportation articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	Other	???	Total
FA		1		2				3
FM					3			3
GA	5	38	46	107				196
B		17	13	35				65
C	7	31	39	80			1	158
Start	3	67	117	810			1	998
Stub		10	79	730			2	821
List		20	18	10	1			49
Category					152	3		155
Disambig					28			28
File					16			16
Project					19			19
Redirect			1	25	306			332
Template					572			572
NA					1			1
Assessed	15	184	313	1,799	1,098	3	4	3,416
Unassessed					1			1
Total	15	184	313	1,799	1,099	3	4	3,417
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 11,135			Ω = 4.97

The talk pages of articles that are part of this WikiProject are categorized in Category:New York City public transportation articles by quality and Category:New York City public transportation articles by importance. Visit the assessment department for information about the quality and importance ratings.

Editing

Wikipedia:WikiProject New York City Public Transportation/To do: articles identified as needing attention and improvement.
Partial transcriptions of Interstate Commerce Commission valuation reports, with information about many old U.S. railroads

Parentage

The parents of this WikiProject are WikiProject New York City, WikiProject Trains, and WikiProject buses.

Similar WikiProjects

Other WikiProjects covering individual cities can be a good source of mutual inspiration:

See WikiProject New York City for other city-related WikiProjects.

See WikiProject Washington Metro for another subway-related Wikiproject, which was inspired by this Wikiproject.

Participants

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User	Admin	Status	Projects	Work
Acps110		Inactive	NYCT, LIRR, MNR	Spelling, Typos, Adding References, Line Templates, ADA changes, etc.
AEMoreira042281		Active		Photographs of New York City buses and subway trains
Alansohn		Active		Subway and other NYC public transportation articles
Allopathie		Active	NYCT
Avman89		Active	Mostly commuter rail (LIRR, MNR, CTrail)	Commuter rail rolling stock updates, Jamaica station
BRES2773		Semi-active	NYCT (Subway, Bus, SIR), MTA, LIRR, MNR, NJT, PATH	Anything that has to do with transportation
c16sh		Semi-active	NYCT, NYCS, LIRR, MNR	Consistency, mainly in subway articles
Cards84664		Active	NYCS lines, PATH	Navigational template scrutinizer
Coolguy82		Inactive	NYCT, Bee-Line	Work on various articles of NYCT, Bee-Line, and other areas if changes are needed
DanTD		Resigned	LIRR, NYCS, SIR, MNR, PATH, buses and trolleys (old and new)	Created scores of LIRR-related articles, as well as the CRRLI & F&NS RR articles. Since the destructive renaming convention, I scaled back my images and focused primarily on adding pictures, then dividing commons categories.
Epicgenius		Active	NYCT, PATH, SIR, NYC Bus, LIRR, MNR	Added platform layouts to all NYCT, LIRR, SIR, and PATH articles, also general cleanup and article expansion. Also am planning to promote several NYCS articles to GA status
Eric B		Semi-active		Additions; corrections, wherever needed
FlyingLeopard2014		Semi-active
Geoking66		Inactive		Formatting and station articles, New Jersey Transit
Gfoley4	Yes	Active	NYC Subway	adding Google Maps Street View external links and correcting errors
Happypillsjr		Inactive	NYCT (Subway), PATH	Added photographs, and goals to bring articles to GA
henrygg98		Active	NYCT (Subway), MTA	special focus on accessibility but overall still open to general work, especially on the subway
Herenthere		Inactive		Hoping to make New York City Subway FA!
Hleong		Inactive	NYCT	Taking and adding images of station entrances and platforms when missing in articles.
Hockeyman001		Dormant	NYCT	Articles on retired subway car equipment
Holden yo		Inactive	NYC subway, LIRR, SIRR, MNR	Entire history of NYCS, Typos, MNR, LIRR, Current, Future and Past PW Projects, Diagrams, Line Charts and can take pics of subways
Ira Leviton		Semi-active	mostly subway	Adding and wikifying references, copy editing
LRG5784		Semi-active	NYCT	Not heavily involved like I used to be in the past, but can be asked for input with regards to technical-related things about New York City Subway-related articles1, and elsewhere if needed
jd2718		Semi-active
Ken Seh		Inactive	NYCS	Adding photographs, correcting typos, etc.
Kew Gardens 613		Active	NYCT, LIRR, SIRT, MNR	Several abandoned LIRR stations (E.G Wreck Lead, Metropolitan Avenue, North Roslyn, Willow Tree), also the Mount Loretto Spur page, as well as expanding subway car articles and subway articles in general as well as getting facts straight.
larryv	Yes	Semi-active	NYCT (primarily subway)
Lazulilasher		Inactive	Mostly subway	willing to copyedit and perform research if needed
Mitchazenia	Yes	Active		NJ Transit
MTATransitFan		Active	All transit agencies in the NY Metro Area	Adding info, adding/improving photos, anti-vandalism
NE2		Inactive but can be asked for input		Mainly working on surface transportation (streetcars and buses) and the LIRR
NYCDOT		Active	LIRR and NICE Bus, looking for factual and grammatical errors in general.	I mean, not a lot since a lot has been done, but still looking for stuff to do.
oknazevad		Active	NYCT, LIRR, MNR, NJT	various
Pacific Coast Highway		Semi-active
rellmerr		Semi-active	NYCT, SIR	Maintaining consistency, updates with implementation of new bus routes/SBS routes, etc.
Robotxlabs		Semi-active	NYCT
Seidenstud		Inactive
SenatorSteve		Inactive	NYC Subway	No articles yet, help in fighting vandalism! Rode the NYC Subway system in May of 2002!
Shapiros10		Inactive
Squishyawaylittle6		Active	NYCT, PATH, SIR	Mainly routemaps
Swissdiepie		Active	NYCS, NYCT	Adding photos/images; Adding new historical information; And fixing any mistakes
TheFrog001		Active	NYCT mainly	Spellcheck, grammar, minor fixes, and vandalism
The Legendary Ranger		Semi-active
TheWiki93		Active	NYCT, PATH, SIR, LIRR, MNRR	A teenage enthusiast who love subway trains.
Tdorante10		Active	NYCT, SIR, MTA RBO	History and descriptions of stations and lines; proposed lines, provisions and reactivation
Tinlinkin		Inactive		Templates, copyediting and technical matters for now
Train2104		Semi-active	NYCT, LIB, LIRR, MNR	Everything except history-related stuff.
Trulystand700		Inactive	Created serveral abandoned LIRR stations.
Transitsylveonkpop		Active	MTA, NICE, Bee Line, RIOC and several others	Some edits of history,and other transit related things
UtherSRG	Yes	Inactive		Some subway work
VarietyEditor		Active	NYCT, LIRR, RIT	Expanding articles, filling infoboxes
Vcohen		Active	NYCT	Consistency etc.
SunriseInBrooklyn		Active	NYC Subway, PATH, LIRR	Spelling, Typos, Adding References and hope to each articles B-list and GA

Hierarchy definition

No classification of this project has been defined.

General strategy and discussion forums

/New York City Subway/Historical Discussion
/New York City Subway/Timeline is a list of mostly verified opening and closing dates for the New York City Subway, mostly post-1904.
/New York City Subway/Services and lines focuses on aspects of New York City Subway service interaction with lines.
/New York City Subway/station names focuses on the names of stations.
/New York City Subway/line names focuses on the names of lines.

Structure

Naming conventions

New York City Subway

Commuter rail

These follow the same naming conventions as WikiProject Trains

Templates

Infoboxes

For articles on the New York City Subway and Staten Island Railway

{{Infobox NYCS}} for stations therein.
{{Infobox NYCS service}} for services therein.
- Not for use in the 42nd Street Shuttle and Staten Island Railway articles.

For other rail services

{{Infobox Station}} for railroad stations.
{{Infobox SG rail}} for non-subway railroads.
{{Infobox rail line}} for non-subway rail lines, except as noted above.

Navboxes

These navboxes have been developed for use in articles in this project, and are organized by region.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Name

Example

{{MTA (New York)}}
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{{Long Island Rail Road}}
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{{LIRR stations navbox}}
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{{LIRRMNPC}}
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{{Metro-North}}
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{{MNRR stations navbox}}
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{{New York City Subway}}
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{{NYCS lines navbox}}
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{{NYCS rolling stock}}
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{{NYCS stations navbox by line}}
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{{NYCS stations navbox by service}}
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{{Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority}}
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{{MTA RBO}}
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{{Manhattan bus routes}}
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{{Queens bus routes}}
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{{Brooklyn bus routes}}
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{{Bronx bus routes}}
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{{Staten Island bus routes}}
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{{Select Bus Service}}
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Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Name

Example

{{PANYNJ navbox}}
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{{PATH (rail system)}}
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General navboxes for all major operators in the tri-state area

Name

Example

{{Transportation in New York City}}
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{{NYC surface transit}}
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{{NYC streetcar transit}}
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{{New York metro area rail}}
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{{BMT companies}}
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Transit in Connecticut

Name

Example

{{Connecticut transit}}
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New Jersey Transit

Name

Example

{{New Jersey Transit}}
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{{New Jersey Transit Bus}}
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{{New Jersey Transit Rail}}
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{{NJT stations navbox}}
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{{New Jersey Transit Light Rail}}
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Notice about adding pictures to these templates

Please note that there are free-use pictures included with most of the templates in this category to represent the various services. If you wish to add more pictures, please make sure that they are added carefully, and always PREVIEW before saving to ensure the integrity of the navbox. Only add free-use pictures from the Wikimedia Commons.

Other

Accessibility and stubs:

Name

Example

{{Access icon}}
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{{NYC-transport-stub}}
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This New York City transportation–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

See Wikipedia:WikiProject New York City Public Transportation/New York City Subway/Services and lines for templates used to display the services that operate on a line. These should be used almost every time an article refers to services. That way, if services change, only the templates have to be updated (as well as the page for the specific service and lines it operates over) so all the pages remain correct. Specifically, use the templates in the following places:

station listings, both in a 'services' column showing all services that stop at the station, and for transfers to other lines
line descriptions, when referring to another line, in most cases
infoboxes on station pages
anywhere else where it fits with the flow of the article

Also, if you want to remove the parenthetical portion of a wikilink when you link to articles, you can use the pipe trick. For example, instead of typing:

[[Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street]]

you can type

[[Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|]]

Both methods will produce the wikilink Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street.

Accessibility

The New York City Subway articles show ADA-accessibility in a variety of places. Whenever a station becomes newly accessible, a number of related edits are required:

The correct sub-article of List of New York City Subway stations needs to be updated
In the article for the line on which the station resides, the station needs to be shown as accessible in the tabular station listing.
In the line template on which the station resides, the station needs to be shown as accessible with the correct icon.
In the article for each service that visits the station, the station needs to be shown as accessible in the tabular station listing.
In the article for the station, "accessible = yes" needs to be set in the infobox
If the station is a terminal station; List of New York City Subway terminals also needs to be updated

(Note: For every infobox parameter that accepts "yes" for accessibility, there is also the option of entering "northbound" or "southbound" if the station is accessible in only one direction.)