Evening star., 1942-08-01
New Arnold Bus
Plan Offered
As Solution
Involves Recruiting
BY War Building
During Peck Hours
Nv DON 8. wARREN.

A new plan Iof n0noiln8 NSns"
portation OF war workers and others
between washington and Virginia.
offered Is q solution Of the issue
over the proposal Of Trafilc Director
William A. Van Duzer to turn back
the Arnold buses at Rosslyn Circle.
was 1iled today with several ofncial
agencies OF the. Warrington Region.
al Committee Of Defense Trans
portation Administrators.
Mr.. Van Duser, . member o( the
committee, agreed to the new
scheme as = substitute for tha one
he had fostered.
The four point program provides
for continuing the present inter-
state operation OF the Arnold buses
during the morning and evening
rush hours on . finding that it
would be 'impracticable" to shift
the Arnold bus passengers at Ross
lyn Circle to street cars Of the
Capital Transit Co. operating
through congested Georgetown.
Would Serve War Building.
A second recommendation Is to
route so per cent OF, the Arnold
buses, outbound in the morning and
inbound in the evening rush hours,
by way OF Memorial Bridge. to pasS
by the Pentagon War Department
Building In Arlington County. The
purpose Of this would be to use
mostly empty Arnold buses on their
"deadhead" trips to carry loads Of
workers going to or from the new
War Building while releasing Capt.
tai Transit Co. shuttle buses for
other service. The CTC buses on
that trip now are loaded only ono
way in rush hours. The fare for
this trip Is cents.
The third recommendation Is that
during the OF peak or base day
service all Of the Arnold buses be
turned back at Rosslyn Circle, the
passengers to be transferred to the
transit company streetcars. Tho
committee urged that this transfer
be without extra cost to the passen-
gers travelling in either direction.
and it suggested that an equitable
adjustment could be effected be-
tween the two companies them
selves for this exchange service.
Sees Mileage Saving.
r. w. Lovejoy, q representative
OF the Public Roads Administration
who serves as executive secretary
OF the committee, said:
when these changes ut Rosslyn
are put into effect It IS estimated
there will be an annual saving OF
5O,OO0 bus miles. When the same
transport conservation measures are
extended to include Maryland and
District bus operators, too.s there
should be well worthwhile saving
OF $500 900 bus miles year IN the
metropolitan area, which can be
added to our wartime transporta-
ton resources"
He +emphasfzed that more ana
more the employed population Of
this metropolitan area IS engaging
directly and indirectly IN the war
effort, and that neither the morale
nor the energies Of these workers
should be sapped by unnecessarily
difdcult transport conditions. =
Members Of the committee, In
addition to Mr.. Van Du1er, are
Milton z. Diehl, special assistant
to Joseph B. Eastman, the dsfense
transportation administrator, who
IS acting chairman Of the Arlington
Public Utilities Commission, and
Ben G. Wilkinson, States attorney
for Montgomery County.
Copies of the groups recon-
mendations were filed today with
the District Public Utilities Com
mission, with the Eastman once
and other agencies concerned with
the problem.