Evening star., 1942-08-11
Action Delayed
On Arlington
Bus Proposal
Decision Is Put OF
Until After Public
Hearing Tomorrow

0VlU UIICE uUu(
Hearing Tomorrow
The Arlington County (Va) Pub
lie Utilities Commission today had
approved q proposal ad-
vanced by the Washington Re-
gional Committee OF Transportation
Administrators as substitute for
the Van Duzer plan to halt Arnold
operated buses at Rosslyp during
all hours of the day.
While no definite action was
taken by the commission at its
meeting last night. oficials indi-,
Gated that 1t would be approved fol-
lowing public hearing on the al
ternate plan at pm. tomorrow at
the Arlington Courthouse.
Under the counter proposal, Ara,
mold buses would stop at the Rosslyn
terminal only during or f-peak hours
and passengers would be able to
transfer to Capital Transit co.
streetcars at no additional cost.
Cars Held Inadequate.
An agreement concerning free
transfers would have to be drawn
up between the Capital Transit Co.
and the Arnold company, since there
is no such agreement at present. :
Persons interested in the plan :
were urged by the commission to
attend tomorrow's hearing and ex.
press their views. .
According to survey made re-
Gently by commission officials Of
traffic over Key Bridge, facilities Of
the Capital Transit Co. are inade-
quate to handle the tremendous in.
crease in passenger service which
would result from the transfer OF
patrons from Arnold-operated buses
to Transit company street cars dur
ing rush hours. .
w. Glen Bixler. commission sec
retary. said that 20 street cars pass
Ihirtieth and M streets NV. in a
lo-mlnute period during the morn
ing and afternoon rush hours. ANY
additional street cars placed on this
line would result in terrific con-
gestion," he said.
Between tbs and 7:30 am.
total Of 3s2 passengers passed Key
Bridge in 10 Arnold operated buses
en- route to Washington, the survey
showed
Oh-Peak Traffic Light.
Streetcar passengers during this
same period totaled 48 in streetcars
while automobiles carried an addi-
tional 494, according to the survey.
Between 4:45 and pm, 1853 per-
sons passed Key Bridge in buses
en- route to Virginia while six street
cars carried 164 passengers. Auto
mobiles carried an additional 500
persons. the survey showed.
IT all the bus passengers were
suddenly dumped on street cars"
Mr.. Bixler asserted, "the transit
company simply would not be able
to accommodate them"
The number OF street car passen.
gers carried in OF peak hours past
Key Bridge dropped sharply, it was
disclosed in the survey.
From 1890 to 10:45 am, for ex-
ample, only six persons passed Key
Bridge in two streetcars, while 1913
persons were carried in five buses.
Mr.. Bixler said the bus passengers
could be taken care of much more
easily by street cars at this time.
Between 2:45 and ; pm. two street
cars carried only five passengers
past Key Bridge. During the same
period. five buses carried IS pass
engers
In survey, also made by county
of1icials on May l, the average num-
Der OF passengers per car was 1.73,
indicating that people have not VOL
unfairly set up a program, 1t was
said.
School Decision Deferred.
In answer to a request by the
Public Utilities Commission that
county schools be opened one-half
hour later in order to avoid conges- 8
tion, Fletcher. Kemp, superintend-
ent Of schools, told the commission
that decision on the matter will
be deferred until after the opening
of school.
The bus companies and I will
then be better able to Judge the
conditions with which we are faced
and to make suitable adjustments"
ne explained in a letter to w. Glen
Bixler. commission secretary.
Noting that it is his desire to
conserve gasoline, tires and other
needed for the war effort,
Mr.. Kemp thanked the group for
It's consideration OF this question
and for your helpful suggestions.
The commission also was re-
quested by Franklin l.. Lane. presi-
dent Of the Arlington u Fairfax
Motor Transportation Co.. to con-
slider change in the route Travelled
BY A. & F. buses in Washington.
New Route Suggested.
In the event a new location for
the terminal of the company is be-
lieved necessary. Mr.. Lane sug.
eested that instead of going north
on Twelfth street NV, east on
avenue and south on
Tenth street, the buses be permitted
10 operate north on Fourteenth
street to the District Building, east
On Pennsylvania avenue to Twelfth
street and south on Twelfth street.
The new route, he said would
relieve congestion on
he corners Of both Twelfth and
Tenth streets NV. at PENNSYLVANIA
venue. and In effect. make a saving
n rubber by shortening the present
quite within the District of CO.
umbia''
The District Public Utilities Conn
mission has proposed to move the
d. r. bus terminal from Tenth
street between D and z streets NV
o the west side of Tenth street
outh OF Pennsylvania avenue.
sharp opposition has been expressed
" Mr.. Lane to this proposal.
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