Evening star., 1942-12-29
Transit Co. Asks
New Shuttle Bus
To Pentagon
Line Would Run
From 7th Street and
Constitution Avenue

The Capital Transit Co. TODAY
asked the Interstate Commerce
commission for temporary author
lty to operate shuttle bus line be-
tween Seventh street and Constitu-
tlon avenue NV. and the War De-
partments Pentagon Building in
Arlington, Va, crossing the Poto-
mac River by way of the Fourteenth
Street Highway Bridge.
In its petition the Transit Co.
asks for prompt consideration, stat
ing that the War Department de-
slres to have the service established
not later than January 4. The move
10 obtain the new route is being
made in an effort to take care of
the increasingly heavy passenger
tramc between the District and the
Pentagon Building.
Transit officials explain that the
new line would furnish more nearly
direct service to patrons who now
nnd 1t incOnvenient to travel AS
lar west as Nineteenth and G
streets, the point from which the
present Pentagon shuttle buses op-
crate in the District, both to and
from the War Department Building.
Additional Scent Fare.
The new shuttle line, if approved,
will run from Seventh and Constitu-
ton avenue, south to independence
avenue, west on Independence to
Fourteenth street and south on
Fourteenth street over the bridge to
the Pentagon Building. The buses
would return by the same route to
Independence avenue, then travel
north to Constitution avenue and
east to Seventh street and the Dis
trict bus stand terminal.
Fares on the new line would be the
District cash fare of 10 cents. plus an
additional fare of cents, the Dis
trict token fare of 8ls cents plus an
additional fare of 5 cents, or the
District weekly pass plus an addi-
tional fare of 5 cents. A proper
transfer from Capital Transit
streetcar or bus line would be ac-
cepted as fare, plus the additional
charge of 5 cents.
The cash or token fare would be
paid on entering the buses going to
Virginia, with the additional S cents
paid at the Pentagon Building. All
fares for persons returning to the
District would be paid at the Penta-
gon Building. A Capital Transit
transfer would be issued on payment
of the corr st fare.
No Local Passengers.
The new line would not handle
any local passengers in the District
or in Virginia, Persons boarding the
buses would have to be bound from
the District to the Pentagon or from
the Pentagon to the District.
Although no alighting would be
permitted, persons bound for the
Pentagon could board the buses as
lar south as Fourteenth street and
Maine avenue. Those returning
10 the District could only board the
buses at the Pentagon and alieht in
the District at the designated stons
Present plans call for morning
service on this line between 8 and
am. and service in the evening
from to pm. Buses would be
operated in either case at 3-minute
intervals, which will mean about 20
trips each way.
Transit company officials said
operation OF the new line would be
governed by the demands for the
service. They pointed out that
travel on the present shuttle bus
line between Nineteenth and C
streets and the Pentagon Building
has risen steadily since it was inau-
gurated months ago.
They said morning loads on the
present line aggregate about 7.7OO.
with more than 1872 trips. Evening
loads total more than 1900, with
lib trips.