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   danny burstein to Phil Kane   
   Re: Binghamton, Southern Tier and Port J   
   14 Apr 19 01:20:27   
   
   From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
   In  Phil Kane  writes:   
      
   >On Sun, 7 Apr 2019 09:20:19 -0700 (PDT), "Peter T. Daniels"   
   > wrote:   
      
   >> The first few miles from the GWB were in Jersey, but maybe that   
   >>didn't count as interstate travel. Either way was about 4 1/2 hr.   
      
   >IIRC there was a special ICC deal in that era that allowed buses that   
   >originated in NY, passed through NJ with no stops, and re-entered NY   
   >to be considered intra-state rather than inter-state.   
      
   Dunno about that one, but...  some of the northern NYC   
   suburban buses coming into town pulled off that "we're   
   interstate, so fuck you NYS/NYC DOT" deal because a   
   small segment I-684, which runs from (clickety click)   
   Carmel NY south to Portchester (where it meets up   
   with the Cross Westchester, etc...   
      
   Anyway, since Ct. has a bit of a wedge into NYS along   
   that route, part of I-684 is in Ct., the bus companies   
   were able to get away with it for a while   
      
   I remember the fighting about it, very roughly 1990   
   (which could be off by a decade..).  Somehow or other   
   NYC was able to establish control over them   
      
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