Metropolitan Transit Authority

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defunct organization public transit agency

The Metropolitan Transit Authority was a former public agency that operated and managed mass transit services in the Boston metropolitan area before being succeeded by the MBTA.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Metropolitan Transit Authority (Boston) 0
MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority of Boston) 1
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Boston 1

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct organization ⓘ
public transit agency ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
fareSystem public transit fares ⓘ
headquartersLocation Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston
industry public transportation ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
operatedBusLinesIn Greater Boston ⓘ
surface form: Boston metropolitan area
operatedFor public transit users in Greater Boston ⓘ
operatedIn Greater Boston ⓘ
surface form: Boston metropolitan area

Massachusetts ⓘ
operatedRailLinesIn Greater Boston ⓘ
surface form: Boston metropolitan area
operatedService bus transit ⓘ
rapid transit ⓘ
streetcar transit ⓘ
precededBy Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
publicAgency true ⓘ
regionServed Greater Boston ⓘ
replacedBy MBTA ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
replacedOrganization Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
serviceType mass transit ⓘ
shortName MTA ⓘ
succeededBy MBTA ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
successorTransitBrand MBTA ⓘ
transportationSector urban transit ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

the T → precededBy → Metropolitan Transit Authority ⓘ
MBTA → predecessor → Metropolitan Transit Authority ⓘ
Mattapan High-Speed Line → previousOperator → Metropolitan Transit Authority ⓘ
this entity surface form: Metropolitan Transit Authority of Boston
Boston Elevated Railway → successor → Metropolitan Transit Authority ⓘ
Charlie → transportSystem → Metropolitan Transit Authority ⓘ
this entity surface form: MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority of Boston)