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January 3, 1960 St. Louis PCC route 70 (Grand Avenue), which served that city's theatre district, was converted to bus operation to permit rebuilding of a viaduct. This conversion isolated the remaining PCC car lines from the shops at 39th and Park.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? January 3, 1966 On the first business day of the new year, New York was struggling with cars, trucks, and taxicabs choking the streets as the TWU strike against the NYCTA entered its third day.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? January 4, 1959 Trolleybus service ended in Kansas City and its last 4 routes were converted to bus operation. They were routes 41 (Independence Avenue), 42 (Truman Road), 43 (Prospect Avenue, the city's heaviest, and 45 (Northeast). Thirty of the Marmon-Herrington trolleybuses were later sold to Dayton, Ohio; other trolleybuses were sold to Bogata, Colombia. Also, the 9th and Brighton bus garage was closed on weekends and holidays when all routes operated from 26th and Harrison.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? January 4, 1966 TWU President Michael J. Quill defied a court order to get the striking NYCTA subway and bus workers back to work and he was jailed. He later suffered a heart attack in his jail cell in Brooklyn and was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? January 5, 1970 New York's subway and bus fares rose from 20 to 30 cents.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Dennis M Linsky