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Bus Map History #2: "Bronx Bus Guide" map - 1974 (PDF files) |
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Posted by Gold_12th on Thu May 19 13:37:25 2011 Here you go, download it right away . . .Back:  Bx55 - 1 minute headway. Front:  Pretty map ? ? ? Archive: - Bus Map History: 1969 Manhattan Bus Map - (Full scanned & PDF) - MTA's Neighborhood map |
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Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files) |
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Posted by Gold_12th on Thu May 19 13:41:57 2011, in response to Bus Map History #2: "Bronx Bus Guide" map - 1974 (PDF files), posted by Gold_12th on Thu May 19 13:37:25 2011. BTW, their separate downloads:the back: 36.3 MB the front: 32.5 MB Click which map you want and download. Enjoy. |
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Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files) |
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Posted by R36 #9346 on Thu May 19 14:32:17 2011, in response to Bus Map History #2: "Bronx Bus Guide" map - 1974 (PDF files), posted by Gold_12th on Thu May 19 13:37:25 2011. Bx55 - 1 minute headway.A stark contrast from the 10- to 14-minute headway of today's Bx55. |
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Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files) |
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Posted by Joe Saitta on Thu May 19 16:27:34 2011, in response to Bus Map History #2: "Bronx Bus Guide" map - 1974 (PDF files), posted by Gold_12th on Thu May 19 13:37:25 2011. Would anyone know if this map was designed by Massimo Vignelli, who did the subway maps starting in 1972? |
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Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files) |
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Posted by Gold_12th on Thu May 19 16:47:55 2011, in response to Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files), posted by Joe Saitta on Thu May 19 16:27:34 2011. I really dont know... he probably did with the similar features to the subway map, before Michael Hertz's works shows up on some of the bus maps in 1977/8. |
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Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files) |
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Posted by Train2104 on Thu May 19 18:46:05 2011, in response to Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files), posted by Gold_12th on Thu May 19 16:47:55 2011. What order are you doing these in? |
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Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files) |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Thu May 19 19:26:49 2011, in response to Bus Map History #2: "Bronx Bus Guide" map - 1974 (PDF files), posted by Gold_12th on Thu May 19 13:37:25 2011. Thank you very much...I downloaded the front and am currently downloading the back.I also notice that some routes were simply renumbered in the 1984 redrawing (i.e., the Bx20 became the Bx9). |
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Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files) |
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Posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Thu May 19 20:14:59 2011, in response to Bus Map History #2: "Bronx Bus Guide" map - 1974 (PDF files), posted by Gold_12th on Thu May 19 13:37:25 2011. Why are there two Bx34s in this map(with different colors)? |
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Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files) |
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Posted by WayneJay on Thu May 19 20:41:55 2011, in response to Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files), posted by R36 #9346 on Thu May 19 14:32:17 2011. Yup - In those days on the main part of the Bx55 (161st to Fordham Rd) they almost always could be seen in pairs. The Bx55 was often a good and fast ride as they went southbound along Washington Ave and northbound along Third Ave. |
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Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files) |
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Posted by WayneJay on Thu May 19 20:54:29 2011, in response to Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files), posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Thu May 19 20:14:59 2011. In those days there was the regular Bx34 (now Bx6) and there was also a Bx34A Shuttle which operated around the Hunts Point market. |
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Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files) |
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Posted by WayneJay on Thu May 19 20:58:52 2011, in response to Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files), posted by AMoreira81 on Thu May 19 19:26:49 2011. Many of the '84 changes were simply routes renumbered, while others had route changes. |
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Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files) |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Thu May 19 21:17:34 2011, in response to Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files), posted by WayneJay on Thu May 19 20:41:55 2011. Curious---when did Third Avenue become two-way through Morrisania? It seems odd today that that street would be one-way. |
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Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files) |
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Posted by WayneJay on Thu May 19 22:51:05 2011, in response to Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files), posted by AMoreira81 on Thu May 19 21:17:34 2011. Traffic flow Third Ave between 163rd and 186th Streets became one-way, northbound in 1973 when Third Ave el service ended and Bx-55 service started. I don't remember the exact year that Third Ave between 163rd and 186th streets was converted back to two-way traffic, but I think it happended in the early 1980s.I was a fan of the one-way Third Ave (and soundbound Bx-55 and Bx-29 (now Bx15 on Washington Ave). In those days the buses made really good time. Now it's often pretty slow along Third Ave since it was converted back to two-way traffic pattern. Also, the fact that nearly all of the intersections having a traffic light also slowed the flow. |
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Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files) |
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Posted by Gold_12th on Thu May 19 22:56:29 2011, in response to Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files), posted by Train2104 on Thu May 19 18:46:05 2011. Queens map is next; tomorrow. followed by Nassau expecting this weekend.If I have time next week: Brooklyn will go, followed by Staten Island or Manhattan |
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Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files) |
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Posted by Gold_12th on Thu May 19 22:57:30 2011, in response to Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files), posted by AMoreira81 on Thu May 19 19:26:49 2011. You're welcome. |
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(Bx34 Shuttle) Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files) |
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Posted by Gold_12th on Fri May 20 01:23:45 2011, in response to Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files), posted by WayneJay on Thu May 19 20:54:29 2011. Map notes:
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Re: (Bx34 Shuttle) Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files) |
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Posted by WayneJay on Fri May 20 09:22:51 2011, in response to (Bx34 Shuttle) Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files), posted by Gold_12th on Fri May 20 01:23:45 2011. Yes, at that point the TA had dropped all of the lettered suffixes on Bronx route designations, but that shuttle used to be the Bx-34A. |
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Re: (Bx34 Shuttle) Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files) |
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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Fri May 20 17:32:18 2011, in response to Re: (Bx34 Shuttle) Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files), posted by WayneJay on Fri May 20 09:22:51 2011. Wayne: I remember that well. The re-numbering became effective on July 1, 1974 just before the map was issued. Gone was the alphabet soup of multiple bus designations. The Bx12A,B and C all became the Bx 12. The Bx 15A became the Bx 6, the Bx15B became the Bx 19 and the Bx15C (Allerton Avenue) got back its rightful route number , Bx 17.I did not know that the Food Center Shuttle had been designated Bx34A. Thanks for that bit of information. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files) |
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Posted by Gold_12th on Fri May 20 21:54:14 2011, in response to Re: Bus Map History #2: ''Bronx Bus Guide'' map - 1974 (PDF files), posted by Gold_12th on Thu May 19 22:56:29 2011. Change plans:The Queens Map will go up on Saturday. Nassau map will probably go up Monday. |
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