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Re: History of the Q19A/Q69 and the Q101R/Q100 |
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Posted by BusMgr on Sun Mar 11 15:39:23 2018, in response to Re: History of the Q19A/Q69 and the Q101R/Q100, posted by nh153 on Sun Mar 11 01:12:33 2018. The sentence, as first written, would be more accurate as to the timing of the institution of the service. The labeling of the service on maps as "101R" was probably in the early 1990s, and sometime thereafter some buses may have displayed that designation, even though no franchise had ever been granted for a route 101R.Franchise route designations have not always been strictly adhered to by bus operators, notwithstanding the terms of franchise contract or other operating rights. For example, route Q24, from Woodside to Maspeth, was granted to Triboro Coach, but combined with Q18, from Astoria to Woodside, and designated on maps and buses as route Q18 alone. (In contrast, Queens Transit Corp. combined routes Q25 and Q34, and then used both franchise route designations, Q25/34, on maps and buses.) And while Triboro Coach retained rights to route Q24, the NYCTA, on its own initiative, appropriated route designation Q24 for its route B22, thereby creating a duplication of designations. (Actually, that was not the first duplication. The Board of Estimate itself duplicated route designation Q53, granting to both Triboro Coach, for a Woodside to Rockaway Park route, and to Carey Transportation, for a LaGuardia Airport to Kennedy Airport route.) |
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