Traffic and Operation April 1917 Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Traffic and Operation: April 1917

A description of the methods used in making and analyzing the traffic survey is included, together with a detailed study of the results of operation of the various routes.

A study of the present congested district along Main Street is included, with an analysis of the various factors contributing to such congestion, and suggestions for its relief. Suggestions are made also relative to a change in the transfer system, the spac ing of White pole stopping places, re-routeing of certain lines, construction of additional track, and increases and decreases in headway of cars.

Analyses of the cost of the service rendered are shown, with calculations as to the length of paying haul, or maximum length of profitable ride. Such studies have been made by two differ ent methods, one, that used by the Wisconsin Commission, and the other by the Massachusetts Commission; in each case, these have been based on various assumptions as to the return on in vestment, etc. Such studies show the length of paying haul to approximate miles, while the average length of ride, as shown by the traffic survey, is more than 234 miles.

Statements are included showing the estimated cost of exten sions proposed, together with others showing improvements and extensions made during the last three years and others in pro cess of making, but not completed, with estimates of costs.

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