From: johnl@iecc.com   
      
   XPost: nyc.transit   
      
   >I don't see why New York boroughs should be denied the pleasure of   
   >experiencing something comparable to the 312/773 split, which follows   
   >rate center boundaries and jog all over the place.   
      
   Well, New York has the geographic peculiarities of Marble Hill, which   
   is legally part of Manhattan while physically connected to the Bronx,   
   and Rikers' Island which is legally part of the Bronx, while only   
   accessible from Queens, but in general the borough boundaries are   
   unambiguous, mostly marked by large navigable waterways, so that's   
   where the splits happen.  And perhaps the NY PSC is more on the ball   
   than IL.   
      
   Irrelevant fact: for many years the NY PSC was run by Fred Kahn, who   
   later was the force behind airline regulation, and after that retired   
   to a sinecure at Cornell.  In Ithaca we have a community supported   
   movie theater, with many bits endowed by local movie lovers with   
   plaques saying who paid for what.  So I have had the opportunity to   
   take a whiz at the Alfred Kahn urinal.   
      
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