Evening star., 1937-02-27
BUSES ORDERED
ON TAKOMA LINE.
EFFECTIVE MAY z
Public Utilities Commission
Approves Substitution
for Street Cars.
18TH AND 9TH STREETS
TO BE USED DOWNTOWN
Fare Is Set at 10 Cents Cash.
With Local Service Same
as on Trolleys.

Substitution of express and local
bus services for the Takoma street car
line, as proposed during the past
several months by the Capital Transit
Co. and numerous civic groups. today
was ordered effective May 2 by the
Public Utilities Commission.
Issuance of the order had long
been anticipated, the principal issue
being over the routes to be adopted.
The commission selected routes which
are a modification of various pro-
posals made at public hearing last
November.
In the Takoma area some of the
busses will operate on Third street
and some on Fifth, and in the down
town region some will use Thirteenth
street and some will be routed through
Ninth street, where there is now
no street car service north of G
street.
The fare on the express buses will
be 10 cents cash and on local services
will be the same as street car fare
Transfer privileges will be afforded
at numerous points.
Route to Be Changed.
The commission also ordered a
change in the downtown route of the
HyattSville-Laurel bus line of the
Capital Transit Co., from Tenth to
Ninth street to provide better service
on lower Ninth street. This change
will be effective March IA.
Under the changes ordered in the
Takoma service, the Fourteenth street
line, over which the Takoma cars now
operate, will terminate at Kennedy
street. where there will be a turn
around just of Fourteenth street
The tracks on Kennedy street to Geor-
gia avenue already have been ordered
removed.
The commission rescinded its ole
order requiring that the Takoma line
be double-tracked from Georgia ave-
nue. and Kennedy street to Takoma.
To provide a connection between
the Takoma area and the new termi-
nus of the Fourteenth street car serv-
ice, the commission ordered establish
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car token fare, run between the two
points. The route will be from the
loop at Fourteenth street east on
Kennedy street. north on Third, east
on Aspen, north on Willow, to the
District line, south on laurel, west
on Aspen, south on Third and west
on Kennedy back to the Fourteenth
street loop.
Express Service Planned.
An express bus service will be es-
tablished, using Fifth street in Ia
koma, during the morning rush period
Mondays through Saturdays, and dur
ing the evening rush period Mondays
through Fridays. and in the Saturday
Afternoon rush period mot including
| legal holidays. over the following
route:
From a terminal on Fifth street
south of Dahlia. south on Fifth street.
west on Madison, south on Thirteenth,
east on Pennsylvania avenue, south
on Seventh, west on Constitution ave-
nue.. and north,on Ninth street to a
/ terminal between Constitution and
Pennsylvania avenues. Northbound,
these express busses will go north on
Ninth, west on Pennsylvania avenue,
north on Thirteenth, east on Madison,
north on Fifth, west on Cedar, north
on Sixth and Piney Branch road, east
on Dahlia, south on Fifth to the
terminal.
Passengers will not be permitted to
board southbound busses south of
Madison street, and. except at transfer
points. they will not be permitted to
leave these buses north of Massachu-
sets avenue. The same limits are
used in northbound travel.
Another express bus service, using
Third street, will be operated during
the same rush period. The route for
these will be, southbound, from e
terminal on Laurel street and the Dis
trict line, south on Laurel. west on
Aspen, south on Third street, Kansas,
Illinois, New Hampshire, Sherman and
Florida avenues and Ninth street, east
on Pennsylvania avenue, south on Sew
enth street, west on Constitution ave-
nue., north to the Ninth street ter
minal.
Northbound, the busSes will follow
the same route in reverse. Passengers
will not be permitted to board SOUTH
bound busses south of Gallatin street
except at transfer points. and pas
(See BUSES, Page A-l2)