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Re: Assemblyman Dinowitz (Bronx) asks for paper transfers {cutback on Bx20} |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Thu Jul 15 11:15:11 2010, in response to Re: Assemblyman Dinowitz (Bronx) asks for paper transfers {cutback on Bx20}, posted by New Flyer #857 on Thu Jul 15 10:16:55 2010. The drivers did check the transfers because it was not hard to do. All that was required was to make sure the date was correct, and that the PM sticker was attached if it was after 1PM. (There was an hour grace period.) and to make sure the color was correct if the transfer was allowed in only one direction. (In the later days, all transfers were white with a colored stripe to save on printing costs. Originally they were yellow or orange in one direction and green in the other. Special transfers were grey or pink.) When 20 people are boarding all at once and all are handing you transfers, one that looks different stands out like a sore thumb and is easy to notice even if the driver is not trying.It was more difficult to take a stack of transfers before your run started and break off the PMs from them as they were required to do. I would guess that 75% or more of the drivers never bothered to do this and usually you could get on at 9 AM with a PM sticker attached. In fact, passengers would scorn at any driver who would dare to hand them a transfer without the PM even if they had plenty of time to make the transfer. Drivers who handed a passenger a transfer without the PM after 11 AM would actually receive an argument from the passenger and request a different one with the PM attached. Some drivers who over estimated how many AM passengers would need transfers didn't like to exchange them for another one fearing they would run out before the end of the day, some even refused to change them explaining they had til 1PM to use them. |
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