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Re: Bx1 and Bx2 on the Boulevard of Dreams |
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Posted by Joe on Fri Jul 24 20:50:12 2015, in response to Re: Bx1 and Bx2 on the Boulevard of Dreams, posted by Joe on Fri Jul 24 11:03:34 2015. The link below is to a brief news story in the New York Times of March 20, 1945, "Bus Fares Cuts Ordered." The PSC decision forced Surface Transportation to eliminate the collection of a second five-cent fare by offering transfers. I interpret this article as requiring free transfers from the Bx2 to the Bx1 to finish a northbound trip to Broadway, and also from the Bx1 to the Bx2 to allow a rider to reach the Hub.It looks as if the locale of contention in the second decision is Pelham Parkway and White Plains Road. It reads as if Bx13 passengers were not given free transfers valid on the Bx12 or the Bx7, and now the PSC was requiring Surface to supply those free transfers. --- My spin on this is to note that the twelve routes Surface received in 1927 were rather long rides for a nickel. Whenever Bx13 was established, it ran only between Westchester Avenue & Castle Hill to the Globe Theater at Pelham Pkwy and White Plains Road, a distance of two miles for a nickel. Maybe Surface was fed up with the nickel fare and kept new routes short, and also did not give free transfers! In this case, the state PSC caught them at this game. |
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