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New Shepard

New Shepard is Blue Origin's fully reusable suborbital rocket, named after astronaut Alan Shepard. First flown in 2015, it carries passengers past the Kármán line on 11-minute flights.

New Source Review

New Source Review (NSR) is a Clean Air Act preconstruction permitting program, established in 1977, requiring major US stationary sources of air pollution and major modifications to obtain permits.

New South Wales 660/760 class railcar

The New South Wales 660/760 class railcars were five two-car diesel multiple units rebuilt from the 600/700 class between 1971 and 1975 for compatibility with the 620 and 900 classes.

New South Wales AD60 class locomotive

The New South Wales AD60 class was a class of 42 Beyer-Garratt articulated steam locomotives built for the New South Wales Government Railways between 1952 and 1957.

New South Wales C38 class locomotive

The New South Wales C38 class, or NSWGR 38 class, was a class of thirty express passenger steam locomotives built for New South Wales between 1942 and 1949.

New South Wales Endeavour railcar

The Endeavour railcars are two-car diesel multiple units operated by NSW TrainLink in New South Wales, Australia, running on the Southern Highlands, South Coast, Hunter, and Bathurst lines since 1994.

New South Wales Government Railways passenger carriages

New South Wales Government Railways passenger carriages include the first all-steel S type fleet, built by Clyde Engineering from 1937 to 1939, and post-war RUB cars.

New Space Race

The New Space Race, also called the Second Space Race, is the renewed spaceflight competition since the 2010s, centered on US–China rivalry and commercial reusable rockets.

New Technology Train

New Technology Train, also known as New Millennium Train, is New York City Transit's designation for its modern computer-based subway cars, first deployed in 2000 with the R142.

New Vaal Coal Mine

New Vaal Coal Mine is a large opencast coal mine near Vereeniging, South Africa, and the sole coal supplier to Eskom's adjacent Lethabo Power Station.

New Valley Project (مشروع الوادي الجديد)

The New Valley Project (مشروع الوادي الجديد), also called the Toshka project, is an Egyptian land reclamation program channeling Lake Nasser water into desert farmland.

New York Central Railroad

The New York Central Railroad, formed in 1853, was an American railroad running from New York City to Buffalo and famed for its Twentieth Century Limited.

New York City blackout of 1977

The New York City blackout of 1977 was a 25-hour power outage on July 13 and 14, 1977, that plunged the city into darkness and widespread looting.

New York City Department of Bridges

The New York City Department of Bridges was the municipal agency responsible for the city's bridges from 1898 to 1916, building the Williamsburg, Manhattan, and Queensboro Bridges.

New York City Department of Environmental Protection

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection is the agency that supplies over 1 billion gallons of drinking water daily to nine million New Yorkers and treats the city's wastewater.

New York City Hall

New York City Hall is the historic seat of New York City's government in City Hall Park, Lower Manhattan, designed by Mangin and McComb and completed in 1812.

New York City Local Law 144

New York City Local Law 144 is a 2021 ordinance requiring annual bias audits, public results, and candidate notice for automated employment decision tools, the first law of its kind.

New York City Local Law 97

New York City Local Law 97 (LL97) is a 2019 law that sets greenhouse gas emissions caps on most buildings over 25,000 square feet, with fines for exceeding them.

New York City steam system

The New York City steam system is a Con Edison district steam network serving over 1,500 Manhattan buildings, begun in 1882 and the largest in the United States.

New York City Subway

The New York City Subway, also called the NYC subway, is a rapid transit system serving Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx, operated by the MTA since 1940.

New York City Subway map

The New York City Subway map is the official MTA diagram of subway routes and stations, defined by Vignelli's 1972 diagram and the 1979 map replaced in 2025.

New York City Subway rolling stock

New York City Subway rolling stock, also called NYC Subway cars, is the fleet of passenger railcars run by New York City Transit, totaling 6,522 cars in 2024.

New York City Transit Authority

The New York City Transit Authority, doing business as MTA New York City Transit, operates the New York City subway and most of the city's buses. Created in 1953, it joined the state MTA in 1968.

New York City transit fares

New York City transit fares are the prices for MTA subway, bus, and paratransit rides, with the base fare rising from 5 cents in 1904 to $3.00 in 2026.

New York City water supply system

The New York City water supply system is a network of 19 reservoirs and aqueducts delivering about 1 billion gallons of drinking water daily to 9.5 million people.

New York City Water Tunnel No. 3

New York City Water Tunnel No. 3 is a 60-mile drinking water tunnel built beneath New York City since 1970 as a backup for Tunnels No. 1 and No. 2.

New York congestion pricing

New York congestion pricing is a toll on vehicles entering Manhattan south of 60th Street, the first such program in the United States, effective January 5, 2025.

New York Harbor 2-1-1 crack

The New York Harbor 2-1-1 crack is a refining-margin benchmark measuring two barrels of WTI crude against one barrel each of NYMEX gasoline and ultra-low sulfur diesel.

New York Independent System Operator

The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) is a not-for-profit corporation that has operated New York State's bulk power grid and wholesale energy markets since December 1999.

New York Mercantile Exchange

The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) is an American commodity futures exchange trading energy and metals contracts, including the Henry Hub natural gas benchmark, now owned by CME Group.