Latest posts tagged with #SurfaceSunday on Bluesky
This 1975 bus map of Queens used color coding to distinguish between the borough's different bus routes.
#SurfaceSunday: This 1975 bus map of #Queens used color coding not only to distinguish between the borough's different bus routes, but also the variety of companies who oversaw them.
🚌 #SurfaceSunday: This 1997 @MTA.info #NYTMCollection training video was used to teach bus operators about #MetroCard transfers. MetroCard eliminated the need for paper transfers between buses and added the capability of free transfers between buses and subways. Do you remember paper transfers?
🚌 #SurfaceSunday: The first General Motors RTS (Rapid Transit Series) Advanced Design buses went into service in 1981. Their signature curved windshields are a familiar sight to generations of riders. They were retired in 2019.
Bus 1017 in the 1960s, with General Motors and New York City Transit officials.
#SurfaceSunday: This 1961 #NYTMCollection photograph shows General Motors and New York City Transit officials celebrating the new TDH-5301 bus model. The photo was taken inside the Fifth Avenue Depot, which was later renamed in honor of actor Jackie Gleason in 1988.
Taken in the 1980s, this photograph shows Bus #5127 on 42nd St in Manhattan, surrounded by colorful blue, orange, and yellow cars.
#SurfaceSunday: Taken in the 1980s, this #NYTMCollection photograph shows Bus #5127 on 42nd St in #Manhattan.
Modeled TDH-5303, it was one of 350 General Motors “New Look” buses from the New York City Transit fleet that were sent for complete overhaul and rebuilding in the 1980s.
