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Birthday Letter Honors Lyndon Johnson and Urban Transport Act
The note recalls President Lyndon B Johnson born August 27 1908 and highlights his 1964 Urban Mass Transportation Act signing. It credits public transit funding and ongoing impact on buses ferries light rail subways and related services, noting the broader Great Society programs and ongoing transit investment. Larry Penner is named as a transportation advocate and historian linked to federal transit work.
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Lyndon Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Texas
President Johnson
Federal Transit Administration
Urban Mass Transit Administration
Larry Penner
Federal Transit Administration Region 2
New York
MTA
NYC Transit
Staten Island Rail Road
Long Island
Metro North
MTA Bus
Nice Bus
NY & NJ