Evening star., 1928-03-18
CC!jSL|NESEXPAND
IN OLD DOMINION
|, ESQ Coaches Operating Over
5000 Miles of Public Road
Form New State Link.

Virginia is stepping to the front II
motor coach transportation facilities
sccord3ng to bulletin issued by tn
American Highway Educational Bu'
resu. with a speed most surprising ever
70 the most sansuine advocates Of tn
motor coach in passenger service,
This surprise" the bulletin pro-
ceeds. has come IN the nature Of 8
Statewide system Of bus lines. a SyS-
ten, which already covers more thar
5000 miles of public road in Virginia
Over this mileage approximately 25t
coaches cf the parlcr-c3r type are cper-
atire. tne total estimated daily runs Q
which are said II be around S,ooV
miles, or approximately three quarters
G. a million miles a month What tn
addition cf such n1ilaec" means +
the halfway travel facilities cf any
state" the bulletin adds, can on.y oc
ecn;ettUrSd,
IN addition 70 this new Us> q her
nichwavs il appears" according 10 tn
bulletin. that Virginia has advanced
- the use Of school buses 10 a poin.
where i.SI9 vehicles Of this tTpe art
being used 10 transport $4,000 pupil,
80 $50 schools over about 5000 miles
Of To3d.
Rnuftt wan S1hkN'
Five railways and Subsidiaries arc
operating 80 buses o"sr auxiliary
routes Thirteen coach companies arc
engaged IL interstate service over nearly
1000 miles Of road and slightly owe:
COO companies are engaged Ill purely
interstate service,
BY using lines through Virginia. such
rs the Washington. the
n
i-,c:on-LUvav, il IS now possible TO
travel by motor coach on regular Sched-
uie from Boston t. Miami and TO other
points IN tbs South II fact. an At
iantic Seaboard system Of motor coach
lines has been a reality ever since the
conpIetion Of the concrete road which
connects the National Capital with
Richmond, Va
Entering tha Valley of Virginia n
Winchester over the WashirgtonWin-
chester route or through WarTentou tc
Iu-ay and the Shenandoah National
Park region over the washington-Lura
division. connection is made fer points
II Tennessee, North Carolina and on
down through Alabama via Birmingham
and Montgomery to Gulf Coast points
The recent opening OF the bridge over
lake PonchaTtrsiN has released the
fow lines Of scheduled coach traffic
along the Gulf Of Mexico, and this also
is expected to have an influence on
coach traffic from the Upper Atlantic
SeaboarG States. in which Virginia
lines are an import link
Inquiries. too, form most interest
t:1g feature OF this new function OF the
highway. These inquiries come from
many directions. and a curious fact Is
that arnoung the seekers after this class
OF information women predominant. and
they wander far and wide Recently g
lady called at highway travel bureau
here for information on how to cross
the continent via motor coach. and upon
departing with the desired information
she left card giving her home address
as Johannesburg, South Africa.
Opens New Areas.
An even greater surprise in this
highway passenger development sis the
ratio points served by raj! and highway
passenger stations. the latter exceeding
the former IN Virginia by approximately
SO per cent. That is to say. the motor
coach IS getting out into areas beyond
the economic reach Of the locomotive
With the result that new and potential
trace areas are being tapped to the ad-
vantage Of commercial and merchan-
Gisi-g points
Incidentally. In this phase Of trans
portz;!on expansion new type of juno
ton Is showing up wherein the farm
vehicle Is made 10 connect with the
main route coach line. This develop
IIent Is exceptionally vel! illustrated on
linz which CONNECTS the National Cap
3tal and Richmond. Va. Along this en-
S.sv%r Il
Te4cplng and passenger traffic from out
lying farms is turning cash into Fred
er.cksouYr. Richmond and intermediate
points. Not only are the stores and
chops proht.rg by this new use Of Viz
garllz highways, but banks are learning
s1si increased travel facilities thus af-
1orcec oy the motor coach opens the
Way .or increased deposits
One ether development Of marked
S2g1ifacance Is exemplded in a recent
action taken by members Of the Motor
Bus Association Of Virginia 20 meet a
public need by installing joint or coz
Bo45catec highway timetable service
patterned closely after the railway type
o. schedule Information with which the
Ua"eling public has 50 long been acc,ls-
tened.
Commenting upon this latest move
r. the evolution Of the motor BUS into q
higher sphere Of service az q public
utility L. c. Major. president Of the
Virginia Association. says that il is tt1e
ain 0. the operators II Virginia not
onlg 70 pYoYloe improved methods oi
travel for tie public 81: % Issue accu-
rate Information a. ali times concern
Ing this new uSe u Virginia highways
Upon the whole. the bulletin con-
ct1ceG ~ appears that Virginia, under
abe aggressive leadership NJ her youth
s.! goYeynor. II. r. Byrd has at last hi;
tae pace .n highway progress, as eyi-
1eIcec BY tive network Of highway pas.
.efngsr A1es already serving the peopIe