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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 16 18:05:04 2008, in response to Re: Since when are buses allowed on the Parkways?, posted by Jeff Rosen on Wed Jul 16 17:21:51 2008. It's more than a conspiracy theory. It was asserted in Robert Caro's 1400 page biography of Moses, The Power Broker. Whether it was true or not (the majority of the book is anti-RM) Caro stated that the overpasses were deliberately low to keep buses with minorities (i.e. Blacks) from the state parks such as Jones Beach.That **IS** the "conspiracy theory" we are talking about. Most of the parkways were built in the 30's and 40's. Yes, but designed in the 20's. And in the 30's, buses still weren't all that popular yet, trolleys still reigned. And even the ones that were around, were like the photo of the one RIPTA Hope posted. ["The Jackie Robinson is one of the least upgraded of all the parkways on Long Island..."] The Jackie Robinson was completely renovated in the 80's. I know that. I remember it well from when it had that small divider, and before the renovation. As I said though, "The JR Parkway is one of the least upgraded parkways on LI".... That doesn't say it's never been touched. Believe it or not it wasn't as wide as today and the divider was a very low divider (more like a curb) which cars regularly crossed out of control. Yup, I remember it well. It was about a foot or less high, and had a small curve in it. Until that time, that was the only addition to the road. For an "actual" RM Parkway, the closest we still have is the Bethpage Parkway (as I already mentioned), that parkway still has the "as designed" double yellow line only down the middle.... |
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