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
- 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
- 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
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 | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
FA | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
FM | 2 | 2 | |||||
GA | 5 | 38 | 46 | 107 | 196 | ||
B | 15 | 13 | 34 | 62 | |||
C | 7 | 32 | 38 | 74 | 151 | ||
Start | 3 | 66 | 117 | 792 | 1 | 979 | |
Stub | 12 | 81 | 749 | 2 | 844 | ||
List | 20 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 49 | ||
Category | 215 | 215 | |||||
Disambig | 28 | 28 | |||||
File | 16 | 16 | |||||
Project | 33 | 33 | |||||
Redirect | 1 | 16 | 380 | 397 | |||
Template | 604 | 604 | |||||
Other | 2 | 2 | |||||
Assessed | 15 | 184 | 314 | 1,786 | 1,279 | 3 | 3,581 |
Total | 15 | 184 | 314 | 1,786 | 1,279 | 3 | 3,581 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 11,141 | Ω = 4.98 |
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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If you wish to participate, add your username to the table below. Also add under "Projects" all the projects that you wish to be a part of. However, please note that with this new system, membership of any NYCPT related project is universal across NYCPT. Only mark the primary projects you contribute to.
Before adding yourself, make sure that you are not already on the list.
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|Projects (for example: NYCT, LIRR, LIB, MNR)
|Sample of your work within this project
User | Admin | Status | Projects | Work |
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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 | |||
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.
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{{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}} |