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Posted by Joe on Sat Aug 30 18:36:07 2014, in response to Re: Borough Prefix, posted by New Flyer #857 on Sat Aug 30 14:43:17 2014. Regarding The Bronx, I have seen photographs of the Concourse buses in the 1930's marked 1 or 2, without the prefix. By 1946, however, before the conversion of streetcars to buses, I'm quite certain that the front roller signs that showed the routes had small B over X in front of the number 10, for example, Riverdale routes. For a few weeks before the conversion of TARS Manhattan streetcars a small M-route number would be stenciled onto the metal X or K or T sign, and there are some photos out there of such marks. By the time of conversion in The Bronx, those stencils were not employed. Paper notices inside the streetcars warned riders of the date of motorization. One day you rode the C car, and the next day you rode the Bx-20 bus.--- So, the Bx and the M were around on the Surface Transportation routes immediately after World War II. --- I recall my surprise when New Look NYCTA buses appeared without the borough prefix. That was the era of the remarkable odds posted on eastbound buses on 34th Street, "16 to 1." I liked those large, clear signs: the route number followed by the destination. Nowadays, the "Via" on scrolling signs often describes a street the bus has already left. |
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