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Re: Assemblyman Dinowitz (Bronx) asks for paper transfers {cutback on Bx20} |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Mon Jul 12 23:56:30 2010, in response to Re: Assemblyman Dinowitz (Bronx) asks for paper transfers {cutback on Bx20}, posted by New Flyer #857 on Mon Jul 12 17:54:48 2010. As I understand it, the private companies prior to the BMT and BQT, such as Naasau Electric which operated the B35 route allowed transfers within its own company. Also, some companies had agreements with other companies to cross honor some or all transfers. Some directions were not allowed because it was thought that a free transfer in that direction might allow a return trip for one fare.When MaBSTOA was created in 1962 to take over Fifth Avenue Coach and Third Avenue Railway (not sure of the name), all transfers were abolished. Since NYCTA had previously taken over the other private companies in Manhattan and operated a half dozen routes (eg. 1st and 2nd Avenue, 67/68 St, Chambers St, etc., those routes still transfered to each other after 1962. NYCTA which was created in 1953 did not increase any transfers except when service was discontinued and third transfers were added. So when new routes were created such as the B78 in 1965 (now B47) or the B83 or B84, they offered no transfers. Also, any routes that were extended by NYCTA after 1953 offered no new free transfers on the extended portions. Don't remember what year add-a-rides were started, but it was after one of the big fare increases like from 35 cents to 50 cents. It was pretty much anywhere where a double bus fare would have been required. They were all made free when MetroCard was introduced. And subway transfers started with MetroCard Gold. You had to be at the exact location for the transfer for it to be honored. You couldn't walk a block then get on with the transfer if you saw a bus coming. Usually it was the first point of intersection, a few cases last point of intersection. If the two routes paralleled each other then diverged, you could not transfer while they ran together, only at the point specified. |
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