From: johnl@iecc.com   
      
   In article ,   
     wrote:   
   >On Wednesday, April 26, 2000 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Dalton Ames wrote:   
   >> Hello,   
      
   Seventeen years!  Is this a record?   
      
   >I grew up in South Orange and remember the 31 quite well. As a youngster,   
   early 1950's, I rode the 21 Orange Main   
   >Street.The car lines where being phased out and not maintained very well. The   
   31 South Orange Avenue was unique. Public   
   >Service Coordinated Transit ran from Avenue L and Wilson Avenue through Penn   
   Statue, out South Orange Avenue to Dover   
   >Street Loop. Some buses turned and some continued into South Orange some via   
   South Orange Avenue to Valley street to   
   >Maplewood loop. A shuttle ran from Dover St to Maplewood via Prospect Street.   
   >Operating from Penn Station to Dover Street was the 31 South Orange Avenue   
   IBOA   
   >(Independent Bus Operator Association.) South Orange was a solid corporate   
   town and gave exclusivity to Public Service   
   >Coordinated  Transport. As the Newark Area started it's steep decline into   
   abject poverty, it was necessary to   
   >nationalize the transit system. The IBOA was awarded the route and the   
   dreadful service that you have continues.   
      
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