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Re: W.B.'s Bus Almanac for July 23rd [DELAYED] (Stephen Bauman)

Sun, 26 Jul 2026 04:21:03 GMT

Posted by Stephen Bauman on 7/25/2026 11:21:03 PM EST
Kings County Lighting Company Just a guess. Con Edison, in its current monopoly form, was created around 1942. Before that there were separate generating companies throughout NYC. Each served specific areas. I had a junior engineering summer job at Con Ed in 1961. It was a fairly new company back then. Kings County Lighting could have been one of the companies that was absorbed into Con Ed.

Re: W.B.'s Bus Almanac for July 23rd [DELAYED] (W.B.)

Sun, 26 Jul 2026 03:29:32 GMT

Posted by W.B. on 7/25/2026 10:29:32 PM EST
Kings County Lighting Company. Was that an entity that would be part of Brooklyn Union Gas, or . . . ?

Re: W.B.'s Bus Almanac for July 23rd [DELAYED] (Avid reader)

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:29:00 GMT

Posted by Avid reader on 7/25/2026 6:29:00 AM EST
Service is inaugurated on a new trolley coach line, Route 23

Re: W.B.'s Bus Almanac for July 23rd [DELAYED] (Avid reader)

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:28:44 GMT
Posted by Avid reader on 7/25/2026 6:28:44 AM EST
Service is inaugurated on a new trolley coach line, Route 23

Re: Fare Inspection Experience after using Express Transit Card (B1bus)

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:35:18 GMT
Posted by B1bus on 7/25/2026 1:35:18 AM EST
Aug 31st.

Re: Fare Inspection Experience after using Express Transit Card (Italianstallion)

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:00:13 GMT
Posted by Italianstallion on 7/24/2026 1:00:13 PM EST
Of course there�s no rhyme or reason. It�s got to be random to be effective.

Re: Fare Inspection Experience after using Express Transit Card (Italianstallion)

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:59:45 GMT
Posted by Italianstallion on 7/24/2026 12:59:45 PM EST
Cash will be gone some time this year.

Re: Fare Inspection Experience after using Express Transit Card (Italianstallion)

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:59:10 GMT
Posted by Italianstallion on 7/24/2026 12:59:10 PM EST
Cash will be gone some time this year.

Re: Fare Inspection Experience after using Express Transit Card (New Flyer #857)

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:43:46 GMT
Posted by New Flyer #857 on 7/24/2026 6:43:46 AM EST
Cash will probably go away as an option. If, however, they kept it around, the farebox would probably issue a receipt to show to inspectors. Of course, even now regular buses can be inspected for fare evasion if they really wanted to. The inspector, already aboard the bus, observes someone getting on, bypassing the farebox and taking a seat. But that doesn't involve a special press release, new expensive infrastructure, or rebranding the bus, so it can't happen in NYC. For Switzerland's local transport (not talking about intercity rail), which is totally POP, the inspector(s) are plain-clothed and act just like passengers until the vehicle starts to move. Then they inspect as many as they can until the next stop where they go back to "ordinary passenger" appearance, even to the point of taking a seat. I've had 4 local-transport inspection experiences there now (over 3 trips totaling about 15 days) and I couldn't come up with any rhyme or reason for when to expect one. One was on a funicular, one was on a bus, and two were on trams. For one of the tram ones, it was evening and I was somewhat reverse-commuting (headed toward the city-center) and it was near the beginning of the run and it was the last thing I would have expected after all the transit I had already used that day without being inspected.

W.B.'s Bus Almanac for July 23rd [DELAYED] (W.B.)

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:07:18 GMT
Posted by W.B. on 7/24/2026 2:07:18 AM EST
July 23, 1930 - The Book of First Runs Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn & Queens Transit Corporation Service is inaugurated on a new trolley coach line, Route 23 - Cortelyou Road, which runs from Flatbush Avenue to Coney Island Avenue. It is the first such route in Brooklyn. A branch of this route, consisting of motor buses, runs to Dahill Road. (Source: Motor Coach Age, June-July 1975 - article by Bernard Linder, route history by Donald W. Harold and Mr. Linder.) July 23-24, 1956 - The Book of Corporate Reorganizations and Restructurings Manhattan, New York Third Avenue Transit Corporation On July 23, the Securities and Exchange Commission recommends to the U.S. District Court that a proposed reorganization plan for the bankrupt Third Avenue Transit Corporation as submitted by Fifth Avenue Coach Lines, Inc. be approved, calling it "fair, equitable and feasible." On July 24, Federal Judge Edward J. Dimock approves the plan - the first such plan in the seven years Third Avenue Transit had been in bankruptcy to receive such approval. Under the plan, Third Avenue Transit would be merged with its principal subsidiary, Surface Transportation Corporation of New York, into a new entity called Surface Transit, Inc., upon which Fifth Avenue Coach Lines would acquire the company. (Fifth Avenue Coach stockholders will vote in favor of the acquisition on July 27.) The full change does not occur until after Judge Dimock signs off on the final order to approve the reorganization and takeover on December 17. (Sources: "Coach Plan Approved," The New York Times, July 24, 1956; "Court Approves Reorganization, Sale of 3d Ave. Transit to 5th Ave. Lines," The New York Times, July 25, 1956; "Fifth Ave. Coach Company Stockholders Vote to Acquire Third Ave. Bus Company," The New York Times, July 28, 1956.)