Comments on: Transit to run vintage buses along 42nd St. http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/12/02/transit-to-run-vintage-buses-along-42nd-st/ A New York City Subway Blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:51:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: KB http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/12/02/transit-to-run-vintage-buses-along-42nd-st/#comment-67579 KB Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:40:39 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4422#comment-67579 "Gasoline consumption in the city today is at the rate of the national average in the 1920s." -Jervey, Ben (2006). The Big Green Apple. Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 0762738359. “Gasoline consumption in the city today is at the rate of the national average in the 1920s.”
-Jervey, Ben (2006). The Big Green Apple. Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 0762738359.

]]> By: Nostalgia Train to run December Sundays :: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/12/02/transit-to-run-vintage-buses-along-42nd-st/#comment-67520 Nostalgia Train to run December Sundays :: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:56:06 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4422#comment-67520 [...] in writing about the MTA’s plan to run vintage buses along 42nd Street, a few readers started debating the merits of these gimmicky holiday specials. Although running [...] [...] in writing about the MTA’s plan to run vintage buses along 42nd Street, a few readers started debating the merits of these gimmicky holiday specials. Although running [...]

]]> By: rhywun http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/12/02/transit-to-run-vintage-buses-along-42nd-st/#comment-67488 rhywun Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:42:28 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4422#comment-67488 Well, I dunno what "young" is any more. I'm 40 and I use it all the time :) Well, I dunno what “young” is any more. I’m 40 and I use it all the time :)

]]> By: Jerrold http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/12/02/transit-to-run-vintage-buses-along-42nd-st/#comment-67480 Jerrold Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:49:00 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4422#comment-67480 It's a new one on me. It must be the slang of today's young people. It’s a new one on me.
It must be the slang of today’s young people.

]]> By: rhywun http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/12/02/transit-to-run-vintage-buses-along-42nd-st/#comment-67477 rhywun Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:32:22 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4422#comment-67477 I've never heard of a historical BUS festival or whatnot, but hey, it's still fun. I was absolutely thrilled when I caught a 30s F train by sheer luck a few years ago. Too bad the bus shown in the picture isn't running--I would love to ride that. I’ve never heard of a historical BUS festival or whatnot, but hey, it’s still fun. I was absolutely thrilled when I caught a 30s F train by sheer luck a few years ago. Too bad the bus shown in the picture isn’t running–I would love to ride that.

]]> By: rhywun http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/12/02/transit-to-run-vintage-buses-along-42nd-st/#comment-67476 rhywun Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:27:29 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4422#comment-67476 Just like it sounds. Just like it sounds.

]]> By: Jerrold http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/12/02/transit-to-run-vintage-buses-along-42nd-st/#comment-67471 Jerrold Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:07:29 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4422#comment-67471 WHAT is "meh"? WHAT is “meh”?

]]> By: Alon Levy http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/12/02/transit-to-run-vintage-buses-along-42nd-st/#comment-67469 Alon Levy Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:57:56 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4422#comment-67469 Well, I read SAS, and I think any train before the R62 is meh. Not everyone in New York is attracted to the 1930s. Well, I read SAS, and I think any train before the R62 is meh.

Not everyone in New York is attracted to the 1930s.

]]> By: Alon Levy http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/12/02/transit-to-run-vintage-buses-along-42nd-st/#comment-67468 Alon Levy Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:57:06 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4422#comment-67468 Coal plants aren't located in residential areas. That doesn't matter for global warming, but the health problems created by pollution are a bigger issue, especially locally. You get people to believe in transit by building good transit, not by reminding people that New York's transit infrastructure is 80 years old. The MTA should spend more of its resources on basic competence issues, like having bus schedules that make sense and adjusting them when the subway has major GOs, and less on telling people that what was good for their grandfathers is good for them. Coal plants aren’t located in residential areas. That doesn’t matter for global warming, but the health problems created by pollution are a bigger issue, especially locally.

You get people to believe in transit by building good transit, not by reminding people that New York’s transit infrastructure is 80 years old. The MTA should spend more of its resources on basic competence issues, like having bus schedules that make sense and adjusting them when the subway has major GOs, and less on telling people that what was good for their grandfathers is good for them.

]]> By: Jerrold http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/12/02/transit-to-run-vintage-buses-along-42nd-st/#comment-67465 Jerrold Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:08:03 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4422#comment-67465 In those days, there were also the red-colored buses of the "Avenue B and East Broadway Bus Company". In those days, there were also the red-colored buses of the “Avenue B and East Broadway Bus Company”.

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