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Posted by W.B. on Mon Sep 9 15:18:29 2024 September 9-10, 1962 - The Book of First Runs Manhattan, New York Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority The Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority begins operation of a 106th Street crosstown bus route, initially on a 6-month trial basis, designated M-107. At the outset, it runs from 106th Street and FDR Drive to 110th Street and Riverside Drive, traveling through 106th Street, Fifth Avenue, and Central Park North / Cathedral Parkway (110th Street). (This is also the second bus route to carry the M-107 route number, the first being Surface Transportation System's very short-lived 180th-181st Street crosstown shuttle between St. Nicholas and Haven Avenues that ran from June 24, 1941 to May 30, 1943.) After three such 6-month trials (and, according to transcripts of MaBSTOA proceedings, losing approximately $400 a week), from May 24, 1964 onward this route's western terminus is truncated to 106th Street and Fifth Avenue. This M-107 will be discontinued on January 7, 1974, with the easternmost part of its route forming the basis for a new branch of the M19 - 96th Street Crosstown. That branch, since 1995-96, has been known as M106 (not to be confused with what is today the M42 - 42nd Street Crosstown; the regular M19 became the present M96 in 1993.) (Sources: "Trial Bus Run Started on 106th St.," The New York Times, September 10, 1962; "Proceedings of the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority, Relating to Matters Other Than Operation and Control - Volume II," transcripts dated June 15 and June 15-18, 1964; "Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority: The First Ten Years" by Bernard Linder, Motor Coach Age, May 1972.) |
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