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Re: GW Bridge buses in early years |
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Posted by Joe on Wed May 24 12:11:08 2017, in response to Re: GW Bridge buses in early years, posted by randyo on Tue May 23 15:40:07 2017. When the George Washington Bridge opened in October, 1931, the Hackensack Motor Coaches apparently went to the Interborough at West 181st Street. When the Eighth Avenue Subway opened the following September, there was motivation to buy or rent lots for terminals near 168th and Broadway. I'm not finding much info as I search the archives of the Times, but the complaints about congestion that show up concern Seventh Avenue. On 12.7.1934, page 8, the Times ran a story about the Northeastern Interstate Bus Owners Association objecting to a police order (to be effective December 17) forbidding them to pick up or discharge passengers along Seventh Avenue. According to the Times, the police order provides that the buses should use the West Side Elevated Highway between Canal Street and 51st Street!Link --- Surprisingly, by July of 1940 the feisty mayor and the Port Authority were already talking of building a terminal west of 8th Avenue. --- Now we have Hampton Jitney boarding curbside along Lexington Avenue, Megabus on wind-swept West 34th Street, and others around 36th & 7th or 34th & 9th. No waiting rooms, no rest rooms before boarding. |
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