Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-20
TRANSIT PLAN SAVES
MONEY AND TINE
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-,y ,s put at the mercy Of the manage
- -, Of the existing lines; hence the
sr,,rs s,,a Of the delivery loop by Councils.
,ooK WHAT WE COULD GET
.ror,unately, none OF the changes
-. IN the routes by Councils are in
.i.,.nt with the ultimate carrying-out
N. broad plan ror rapid transit as
...mmended by the Department OF City
rr.rslt" said Mr. Taylor. I'VE took
-, we could get and went ahead with
.,r,ction. firmly believe that the
...,,o will see to It that no permanent
,-,..tercnce is permitted. I am an op-
.,~,,., M to the very last moment, and
~ damage has been done that cannot be
repaired.
"a, nresent. under the 1907 contract be-
,,,sen the city and the Philadelphia Rapid
T,snslt Company, the city must hrst
oner the construction OF any oesireo new
~. or extension to that company. II
n ,n", company declines TO build any such
s w. line the city may do so. Should
~ ala company refuse to operate the
w, w lines on a fair basis the city can
,ner offer the operating franchise to an
.sher company. Therefore, II Is necessary
80 the city to have a system complete
W p',.s.U and not two unconnected lines
tha Frankford line and Broad street
',,,av without the delivery loop-else
49, cItv Is put at the mercy OF the Phil
sSoinhia Rapid Transit Company and its
tiSden ally, the Union Traction Com
pany."
TAYLOR TELLS STORY
Here is Mr.. Taylor's own account of
~ ,ireless and determined fight to give
,he people Of our city better transit fa-
cIlities;
son MAY "a, 1912 Mayor Blankenburg
sppointed me City Transit director with
irstructions to investigate with view
~ determinng advisable means for OBJ
,s,nIne rapid efficient and cheap transit
,hroueho,t the city. He asked for a re-
so,t covering such investigation with rec
nmnrendation of ways and means to pro-
cure rapid transit commensurate with
present and future needs of the city and
its suburbs
"Accordingly, I assembled a complete
.resnlzation Of specialists, trained in the
various technical lines involved, and pro-
oeeded with the undertaking. On July
n 1918. 1 filed with the Mayor my re-
port and recommendations.
To ascertain the general locations
where additional transit facilities are
presently and prospectively required for
the proper service, accommodation and
convenience of the travelling public, was
most complex task. First we charted
the exact location of the city's population
Of 1912 in a specially prepared map of
Philadelphia. This map was divided into
traffic sections, generally one mile square,
and in these sections were placed the rec
ords Of the population in units of 100,
each expressed by dot. Upon this map
All Of the existing transportation lines
we're also drawn, showing the relation OF
these lines to the city's population.
SCIENTIFIC STUDY.
"We next developed a complete survey
Of the points of origin and destination of
ali traffic flowing by way OF the existing
lines upon a normal business day. We
showed the number of passengers origi-
mating In each traffic section and the
number Of rides per capita in and out OF
each traffic section. To express this traf-
hc flow throughout the entire city 113 ad-
dtonal maps were prepared, or one map
for each traffic section as a base, showing
the flow from such traffic section to each
Of the other traffic sections.
"Our inquiry then took the form of
time required and cost of travel between
each traffic section and each other traffic
section by means of the existing facilities.
The areas available for future residential
Development were charted, the water
areas, public parks and cemeteries being
excluded, We also estimated with care
the future growth of the population OF
the city and projected its probable dis
trbution as nearly as possible.
PLANS FOR NEEDED LINES.
IAN this done, we thereupon laid out
new transit facilities needed to supple
ment the existing lines. and to relieve the
congestion and inconvenience due to slow
speed necessarily maintained on the sur
face roads only lines we're projected that