Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-07-10
TRAFFIC CHANGE
DUE TO TROLLEY
CAR RE-ROUT|NG
City Plan Commission Files Re-
port Covering Period of
Three Years.
BOTH PEDESTRIAN AND
VEHICULAR INCREASES
Figures Cover All Parts of
Newark and Reflect Gen.
eral Tide of Travel.

That pedestrian traffic increased
9169 per cent. during the three years
between 1912 and 1915 and that ve-
hicular traffic increased 2S.S40 per
cent. during the same period is indi-
Gated by a lengthy report of traffic
conditions in Newark, Just issued by
the City Plan Commission.
masmuch as the count of vehicuar
traffic was practically completed be-
fore the advent of the jitney bus.
there is nothing i'm the report to give
definite idea as to the increase in
this class of traffic
1t is found that unusual pedestrian
changes have resulted from the troll
ley car re-routing of last year. There
have been big changes at Market and
Broad streets, where decreases are
shown. The Broad street and Gen.
trail avenue junction and other points
have advanced. In all, there are
forty-nine points where pedestrian
travel has increased and thirty five
points where vehicular travel has In
creased
Decreases in pedestrian travel we're
shown at five different points. These
points are as follows:
At Market street, between Broad
and Beaver streets, the decrease was
70, iO3, or 30 per cent: Commerce
street, between Market street and
the Pennsylvania railroad, 399, or 80
per cent; Front street, between Cen
ter street and the PENNSYLVANIA.
railroad, 1,032, or 43 per cent. Wash
ington street, between Clinton ave.
nue. and Spruce street, 587, or 36
per cent, and Sixteenth avenue, be-
tween F'airmount avenue and Cam
den street, 1908, or 81 per cent.
In referring to increases in pedes-
trian traffic, the report says:
1T is worthy of note that, with
the exception of the North End,
these increases are well distributed
about the city. including several
points on Clinton avenue Ferry
street, Broad street. Bloomfield ave-
nue., Bergen street, Halsey street,
Central avenue and High street.
At the Tubes.
! "A preponderanee of increase oc-
| cilrs in the vicinity of the McAdo0
| tube station and near Broad street
! and Central avenue"
Relative to increases in Vehicular
| traffic, the report says;
"Here. again, 1t is worthy of note
| that the points of increase are well
distributed about the city, excluding
again the North End Clinton ave-
nue., Broad street, Market street,
Bloomfield avenue, Frellnghuysen
avenue, High street, Jones street
and Norfolk street are thoroughfares
which experienced greatest gains
"The new pavement ON Broad
street, 1T will be noticed, is respon-
sible for an average increase In
travel of approximately 40 per cent
along its entire length in the busi-
ness section of the city"
Autos Increased.
During the three years there was @
decrease in vehicles with iron tires OF
1882. or 1897 per cent. In automo-
bile trucks the increase is 10,257 or
202.51 per cent. In passenger automo-
biles the increase is 38, AL, or 113.03
per cent. The increase in street cars
is 4,72S. or 12.20 per cent. The report
adds:
while the decrease in the number
of horse drawn IRON tired vehicles Ia
at first rather surprising, 1t will be
noticed that the total increase in the
number of auto trucks corresponds
very closely to the decrease in the
former. This Is an indication that
business is really on the increase
since a. motor truck carries consider
able more than the horse drawn
vehicle
The most appreciable decrease In
pedestrian traffic In the city, or
Market street, between Broad and
Beaver streets, is due to the rerouting
| of the Bloomfield, Paterson and Cen
| trail avenue trolley lines. The de-
crease on Front street, between Cen
ter street and the Pennsylvania rail
road, is explained by the construction
| of the Passaic Valley sewer being
carried on at this point and a conse-
| quent interference to traffic. Other
decreases in pedestrian traffic are
| either unimportant or cannot easily
be explained. according to the report
! Decrease i'm vehicular traffic or
| Washington street, between Clinton
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