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Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Sep 23 15:43:45 2024 Why is it that Brooklyn gets the plain B but Bronx uses Bx?
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Posted by chicagoMotorman* on Mon Sep 23 17:10:25 2024, in response to Borough Prefix, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Sep 23 15:43:45 2024.* There is no X in Brooklyn.
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Posted by Spider-Pig* on Mon Sep 23 18:19:16 2024, in response to Re: Borough Prefix, posted by chicagoMotorman on Mon Sep 23 17:10:25 2024.* Yes there is.
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Posted by Chicagomotorman* on Mon Sep 23 20:09:31 2024, in response to Re: Borough Prefix, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Sep 23 18:19:16 2024.* LMAO!!!!!!!
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Posted by New Flyer #857* on Mon Sep 23 20:13:07 2024, in response to Borough Prefix, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Sep 23 15:43:45 2024.* I would enjoy seeing Brooklyn get K. It would be especially fun near places like Ridgewood and Broadway Jct where the Kings routes would meet the Queens routes in numbers.
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Re: Borough Prefix
Posted by Snilcher* on Mon Sep 23 22:06:19 2024, in response to Re: Borough Prefix, posted by New Flyer #857 on Mon Sep 23 20:13:07 2024.* Unfortunately the trend went in the opposite direction from what your B->K proposal entails. Rather than switching from borough name to county name, buses in Staten Island went from the county name (R) to the borough name (S), an especially poor decision because this conflicts with the Suffolk County prefix designation.
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Re: Borough Prefix
Posted by X-Astorian* on Mon Sep 23 22:53:12 2024, in response to Re: Borough Prefix, posted by Snilcher on Mon Sep 23 22:06:19 2024.* I believe that it was because the Borough of Richmond became the Borough of Staten Island in 1975. Of course, it's still the County of Richmond.
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Posted by randyo* on Tue Sep 24 03:34:13 2024, in response to Re: Borough Prefix, posted by Snilcher on Mon Sep 23 22:06:19 2024.* It made sense to change R to S for Staten Island since there is no duplication within the city of the letter “R.” However in the case of Bkln vs Bronx it actually would make sense for the Bronx to use a single “B and Bkln to be rebadged with a “K.”
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Posted by W.B.* on Tue Sep 24 05:50:21 2024, in response to Borough Prefix, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Sep 23 15:43:45 2024.* No doubt to distinguish between the two boroughs.
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Posted by W.B.* on Tue Sep 24 05:51:01 2024, in response to Re: Borough Prefix, posted by Snilcher on Mon Sep 23 22:06:19 2024.* Prior to 1975, Staten Island's borough name was Richmond, hence the 'R'. It changed thereafter.
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Posted by W.B.* on Tue Sep 24 05:51:19 2024, in response to Re: Borough Prefix, posted by X-Astorian on Mon Sep 23 22:53:12 2024.* You win the prize!
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Posted by Spider-Pig* on Tue Sep 24 08:56:21 2024, in response to Re: Borough Prefix, posted by W.B. on Tue Sep 24 05:50:21 2024.* That was obviously not the question.
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Posted by Q4 on Tue Sep 24 13:01:42 2024, in response to Re: Borough Prefix, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Sep 23 18:19:16 2024. 😂😂
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Posted by Allen45* on Tue Sep 24 13:22:28 2024, in response to Borough Prefix, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Sep 23 15:43:45 2024.* School bus routes get a K prefix for Brooklyn while Bronx gets the X
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Posted by Catfish 44* on Tue Sep 24 13:25:10 2024, in response to Borough Prefix, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Sep 23 15:43:45 2024.* I have thought that from a marketing standpoint it sounds better than to call Brooklyn routes Bk 9. It’s like why the scout changed Rick Gossage’s name to Rich.
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Re: Borough Prefix
Posted by Dan* on Tue Oct 8 10:28:04 2024, in response to Re: Borough Prefix, posted by Snilcher on Mon Sep 23 22:06:19 2024.* Except for the 'SIM' designation for the Staten Island express bus routes. I don't know why 'SM' was not chosen. 'BM','QM' and 'BxM' were chosen for the other boroughs express bus routes.
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Re: Borough Prefix
Posted by Allen45* on Tue Oct 8 10:48:50 2024, in response to Re: Borough Prefix, posted by Dan on Tue Oct 8 10:28:04 2024.* So that it rolls of the tongue a certain way. SM sounds close enough to SIM.
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth* on Tue Oct 8 13:37:20 2024, in response to Re: Borough Prefix, posted by Allen45 on Tue Oct 8 10:48:50 2024.* MTA would be accused of Sado Masochism
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Re: Borough Prefix
Posted by Dan* on Wed Oct 9 15:08:11 2024, in response to Re: Borough Prefix, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Tue Oct 8 13:37:20 2024.* It's S & M but LOL! Does this mean that after the eventual SI bus redesign the local routes will be 'SI78, SI53, etc? But then 'BM' means Bowel Movement, for the shitty service.
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Re: Borough Prefix
Posted by Bill from Maspeth* on Wed Oct 9 15:16:21 2024, in response to Re: Borough Prefix, posted by Dan on Wed Oct 9 15:08:11 2024.* That's exactly what they will day because they can't cover trips because they are short of buses.
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