Wikipedia:WikiProject New York City Public Transportation

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 edit

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.:

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 edit

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 edit

Parentage edit

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

Similar WikiProjects edit

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 edit

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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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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
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 edit

No classification of this project has been defined.

General strategy and discussion forums edit

Structure edit

Naming conventions edit

New York City Subway edit

Commuter rail edit

These follow the same naming conventions as WikiProject Trains

Templates edit

Infoboxes edit

For articles on the New York City Subway and Staten Island Railway edit
For other rail services edit

Navboxes edit

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

Metropolitan Transportation Authority edit
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 edit
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 edit
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{{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 edit
Name Example
{{Connecticut transit}}
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New Jersey Transit edit
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 edit

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 edit

Accessibility and stubs:

Name Example
{{Access icon}}
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{{NYC-transport-stub}}
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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 edit

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:

  1. The correct sub-article of List of New York City Subway stations needs to be updated
  2. In the article for the line on which the station resides, the station needs to be shown as accessible in the tabular station listing.
  3. In the line template on which the station resides, the station needs to be shown as accessible with the correct icon.
  4. In the article for each service that visits the station, the station needs to be shown as accessible in the tabular station listing.
  5. In the article for the station, "accessible = yes" needs to be set in the infobox
  6. 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.)

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Useful links edit

Alerts/Watchlist edit

Did you know

Good article nominees

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