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NYC transit by the numbers

Compiled by NYNewsday.com and wire reports

December 20, 2005

A look at some numbers behind the New York transit system:

34,000: Number of bus and subway workers who walked off the job today

$400 million: Amount the strike could cost the city

45: Number of carpool staging centers set up around the city

34: Number of locations where workers are picketing

4: Minimum number of riders required per car to enter Manhattan under contingency plans

$1 billion: MTA's surplus for this year

352 million: The number of miles traveled by the subway fleet in 2004.

7 million: Daily subway and bus ridership

1.4 billion: Annual subway ridership.

7 million: Number of riders each day on average.

25: Number of years since the last city transit strike

31: The number of miles from one end of the A train to the other.

468: The number of subway stations.

660: The miles of track in passenger service.

$2: The amount for a one-way fare on a city bus or subway

Five cents: The amount for a single subway fare in 1904 when the subway went into service.

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