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Commander E. Jay Quinby's 1945 "Warning" regarding bus takeover of streetcar lines

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Posted by daveklepper on Tuesday, August 14, 2018 9:13 AM

I agree with " Bottoms" that this coordinatred effort would have been a good statergy.

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Posted by MidlandMike on Tuesday, August 14, 2018 9:37 PM

There is quite a bit of coordination with bus companies.  For example, if you look at the Amtrak schedule for Michigan Service, you will see a number of Thruway connections that are actually bus company routes.

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Posted by daveklepper on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 2:54 AM

Right.  That rerally started when Claytor ran the show.   Should have been partt of the initial planning.

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