Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-30
BUS MEN FORESEE
REGULATION NEED
Growth of This Form of
Transportation Bringing
Laws to Govern It.
Special Dispatch to Tn. star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
Growth of bus transportation Is hav-
ing a more potent effect in promoting
laws for the regulation of motor car
riers than the efforts of members Of
the House and Senate supporting such
measures.
Whether the Couzens measure pro-
viding for interstate bus regulation Is
passed at this session of Congress or
not, men in the motor bus field believe
some regulation is absolutely essential
in the not distant future. Some States
exercise partial regulation even in
interstate traffic and many supervise In
trastate operations, but there is a lack
OIL unlmormity in this regulation. and
some States feel they have no right 70
deal with interstate movement at all.
the total number Of buses in opera
ton today is approximately 95. 900, of
Whlch about $4,000 are motor carriers.
1900 electric railway buses and a.
COO school buses. The mileage of all
regular bus routes is about 1888 900 and
common carriers in the bus field are
expected 70 travel 100000 900 miles
t tnlS year. This means the transporta-
ZION OF nearly 2000,000,000 passengers.
Passenger Volume Rises.
Ihe number OF passengers carried bv
motor coach lines since 1922 has shou,1
gain Of 1877 per cent, while the num-
Der carried by steam trains and electric
surface lines has decreased 9 per cent
Tor the f1rst and per cent for the Sec
ond. The steam and street railways
have not been slow to see this trsrJ
and they are increasing the number ~
puSses they operate and establishing
DuS routes between stations fornerIv
served exclusively by cars running over
tracks We
The larger railroads are doing this
over their entire routes, both for pas
sengers and freight. They are picking
out the Improbable stretches and Civ
ing motor bus service at less cost and
gathering new passengers thereby.
The regulation Of interstate and In
trastate operation of buses Is A prob
lem which concerns many lines, Of in
oustry. The bus has changed the entira
mode of life Of millions of Americans,
The latest reports from the 1880
census indicate that workers who for
merly lived in close proximity to their
places OF employment no longer And
1t necessary to do so. With the new
they are moving to the suburbs and the
OLD tenement districts of large indus
trial cities are being wiped out.
Interstate Problem.
In score of Industrial centers these
suburbs are located in States other
than the one in which the place of
employment is found Some means, it
is asserted by specialists in bus trans
portation, must be provided whereby
the safety and comfort of the inter-
state traveller must be looked after, a.
well as the safety and protection Of
n-riders
Uniformity of regulation is what is
now sought. Along with regulation is
coming additional comfort for passen-
gers. New bus fleets are the last word
in luxury and convenience. In addi-
ton. more space and added comfort
are being provided for riders in steam
| and electric cars. Trolley cars are now
being built which will show correspond
| ing acceleration with automobiles, so
that they can get of to an even start
with traffic when the lights change.
| These trolleys have an operating speed
| of SO miles an hour Buses are being
double-decked and brought to a state
of mechanical perfection where one
man operation of a vehicle seating SO
| passengers is possible.