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Re: Former Bx3, now Bx17, on Prospect Ave. |
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Posted by Joe on Sat May 30 21:23:55 2015, in response to Former Bx3, now Bx17, on Prospect Ave., posted by Joe on Thu May 28 13:13:40 2015. I used to think that it was Surface Transportation that got the idea of running feeder bus lines in The Bronx. However, it turns out that a main instigator was John Hylan and his intense dislike of traction companies. Soon after he became mayor in 1918, he began to see "emergencies" in which people in newer apartment-house neighborhoods or the outer boroughs lacked transportation to the subways or els. He appointed Grover Whalen Commissioner of Plants and Structures, and under that agency supervised new bus routes. It seemed to be some sort of partnership with Tammany's friends, who apparently owned the vehicles. By 1922, the courts began to make judgments against this "emergency" situation, a bit like President Obama's unilateral decisions on immigration are now getting knocked down. In 1926 and 1927 five companies or investors applied for the Plants and Structures routes, and in late 1927 Surface Transportation received all or most of the Bronx franchises.--- The title of the lengthy 10.5.1922 article is "Injunction Ties Up All City Bus Lines." The list included (among many other routes) these: Dyckman Street, Washington Heights, Jerome Avene, Prospect Avenue, Fort Schuyler, Pelham Bay - City Island, West Farms - City Island. |
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