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Re: W.B.'s Bus Almanac for July 17th |
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Posted by andy on Tue Jul 17 11:55:03 2018, in response to W.B.'s Bus Almanac for July 17th, posted by W.B. on Tue Jul 17 06:13:33 2018. A long forgotten detail is that the M101 route, after the one-way changeover, actually had two separate route variations. The details were complicated, because two separate bus companies under common corporate ownership (Fifth Avenue Coach and Surface Transit) operated the original routes when Third and Lexington were two way avenues.During the month prior to the changeover, some Fifth Avenue drivers staged a wildcat strike to protest their new work assignments under the revised routes under one-way operation. Because some driver assignments were changed from Fifth Avenue Coach to Surface Transit, it was alleged that job seniority would be lost and the pay would be lower. The basic route was labeled M101 and operated between Fort George and City Hall using Surface Transit equipment and drivers. To assuage the Fifth Avenue drivers who went on strike, a short-turn M101 variation was created, operated between 23rd and 125th Streets, using Fifth Avenue Coach equipment and drivers, with the buses lettered for Surface Transit. |
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