Evening star., 1935-09-16
CHEVY CHASE BUS
SCHEDULE REVISED
AFTER COMPLAINT
Dissatisfaction Expressed
After Day and HaIt's
Operation.
MORE TRIPS PROVIDED
DURING RUSH HOURS
Some of Routes Are Altered and
Time Adjustments Also
Ave Made.

After a day and half's operation
of the new bus service supplanting
street cars on Connecticut avenue from
Calvert street to Chevy Chase Circle,
the Public Utilities Commission today
expressed dissatisfaction with the serv-
Ace and ordered revised schedules call
ing for more trips during rush hours,
alteration of some routes and time ad-
justments.
Riley E. Elgen. P. U. C. chairman,
and Lieut.. Col. Dan I. Sultan confer
red today with James H. Stevens, vice
president of the Capital Transit Co.,
in charge of transportation, and or
dered l3 more bus trips daily. 1t was
arranged also that inbound express
coaches, now making the last loading
stop at Van Ness street, shall pick up
passengers as far south as Calvert
street Express busses which have been
starting from Chevy Chase Circle at
Z am. henceforth will not start until
7:30 or 7:45 because the small number
Of passengers on busses leaving prior
to this time do not justify the trips.
Additional Equipment Recommended.
After a careful. inspection of the
new system, Utilities Commissioner
Richmond B. Keech said he was dis
satisfied and recommended that addi-
tional equipment be provided, besides
changing bus schedules.
THE principal difficulty no
ticed was in the lack Of adequate bus
service at the Rock Creek loop Cat
the east end of Calvert Street Bridge
to pick Up northbound street car pas
sengers there and take them by bus
to points farther out Connecticut
avenue" Keech said. Il noticed this
situation prevailed from $50 am.
to 9 am"
In line with Keech's suggestion,
the Capital Transit Co. directed that
Anacostia buses en- route back to
Chevy Chase, instead Of crossing TAFT
Bridge should go to the Rock Creek
loop. They announced earlier they
would increase the service at this
point, since there was more confusion
there this morning than at any other
point on the line.
Declared Disappointing.
The p. u. C. members agreed with
Keech's criticism, terming the service
Every disappointing"
"On the inbound. bus service crowd
ing was apparent to me, particularly
between Porter and Calvert streets,
but I believe this to be temporary
matter" Keech said.
II noticed that the loading of the
Chevy Chase express busses was light
and that much the same situation
prevailed on the Chevy Chase de luxe
coach line.
Many Of the present difficulties
should be ironed out through revision
OF schedules, but I believe some addi-
tional equipment must be provided"
Follow New Route.
Several dispatchers at the Chevy
Chase terminus reported the new serv-
ice was running smoothly, but said
adjustments would be necessary. The
chief annoyance was that the busses
do not, in all cases, follow the same
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accustomed to trolley habits have not
acquainted themselves with the new
routes and schedules. One suggested
change was that Chevy Chase Circle
not be the terminus for all busses oper-
ating under the new plan, but that
some of the busses should start from
side streets farther south on the
avenue.
"Of course, you can't make a rad
1cal change like this virtually over
night and have everything go off per-
fectly," one company official said, but
pretty soon the people are going to
be very satisfied. This will help make
Connecticut avenue one of the most
beautiful streets in Washington and
1t will be much quieter."
The small iron domes marking
safety" loading zones for the defunct
street car service have been removed
and motorists don't have to twist
around these any more, nor are COM
muters endangered by having to stand
in the middle of the street while heavy
Connecticut avenue traffic sweeps past
them. Passengers stand safely on
curbs and the busses pull up for them.
Numbers Show Capacity.
At Chevy Chase Circle the company
has stationed two mechanics to make
any emergency repairs which might
be necessary. The numbers on the
buses sides indicate their capacity.
For instance, No. 3509 seats IS pas
sengers and No. 3750 seats 81.