p>Opening: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is North America's largest transportation network, serving a population of 15.3 million people across a 5,000-square-mile travel area surrounding New York City, Long Island, southeastern New York State, and Connecticut. This multi-dimensional role provides policy direction, analytical, and local supply chain and forecasting services to the Procurement Department, storeroom personnel, and operating departments within all MTA agencies, as it applies to the warehousing and materials management functions.