Evening star., 1942-08-20
Bus Diversion
SeenHan|pering
Virginia Riders
Routing by Pentogon
Will Cut Commuter
Service, WIN Says

Service, WIN Says
Virginia commuters to Washing
ton would suffer great reduction
in service If 80 per cent OF the
Washington, Virginia & Maryland
Coach Co. buses are routed by way
of the War Departments Pentagon
Building in Arlington County dur
ing morning and afternoon rush
hours, a spokesman for the company
said today.
The Washington Regional Com
mittee of Defense Transportation
Administrators has made this route
suggestion for the Arnold-operated
line as an alternative for the plan
drafted by Traffic Director william
A. Van Duzer, who is Washington's
co-ordinator for the Office of De-
fense Transportation.
Meanwhile, the District Public
Utilities Commission issued an order
canceling scheduled hearing this
morning on a proposal to establish
bus termini in front of the old Post
Once Building on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. for the Arlington & Fairfax Mo-
tor Transportation Co.
Company Has New Plan.
Vice Chairman James H. Flana-
gan of the commission said the can
collation. was made in view of
Y,arre. y,roroeo1 ,,p6orcfooS to bovo
been made by the company to route
it's buses up Fourteenth street to
Pennsylvania avenue, down the ave-
nue. to Twelfth street and south on
Twelfth street to a proposed termi-
nus on the west side of Twelfth in
the vicinity of the new Post Office
Department Building. This plan
would keep the A. e. F. lines entire
ly south Of Pennsylvania avenue,
obviating their crossing that busy
thoroughfare. Action on this pro-
posal will be taken soon, Mr.. Flana-
gan said. t.'.
While Mr.. Van Duzer recon-
mended that all of the Washington,
Virginia and Maryland lines pas
sengers transfer at the RosSlyn
Plaza to Capital Transit Co. street.
cars, to save tires and gasoline, the
Regional Committee has recon-
mended such transfers only during
non-rush traffic hours. The COM
mittee also has urged that 80 per
cent of these buses return to Vir-
ginia by way of the Pentagon Build
ing to carry outgoing Federal work.
ers from Washington.
virginians Come First.
'"This would be impossible" the
company spokesman declared After
all, we have our Virginia customers
to look out for primarily. Under
present conditions it is impossible to
obtain new equipment fast enough
and the buses we use in the morning
and afternoon rush periods must
make the trip two and three times
during each period.
'If our trips are slowed down on
the return to Arlington by being
routed by the War Department, we
will have to cut down on the morn
ing and afternoon schedules carry
ing virginians to and from Wash
tngton."
Drivers for the coach company
today distributed 10000 postal cards
to passengers, requesting the ad-
dresses of their places of employ
,,,oyf Tho oov,o nopy corrioc on oc
timated 10000 passengers to and
from Washington daily and expects
to obtain a representative cross
section of the destination of it.
patrons.
Representatives of the Arnold
line and the Capital Transit Co
will meet today to negotiate finan.
cial agreements concerning the pro-
posed transfer during non-rusl
hours at Rosslyn Plaza.
Must Arrange Allowances.
Since the Regional Committee ha
recommended that these transfer
be free to patrons, some arrange
ments must be made for fare allow
ances between the two lines.
The Virginia firm contends tha
even II it is required to carry pas
sengers from the District to tn
War Department, the added revenu
from that source would be offset b
fewer trips from Virginia int
Washington and by the transfe
ARRANGEMENTS at RoSSlyn Plaza,
Last week a Capital Transit C,
official said his firm now is prepare
to place added equipment on the I
street-Pennsylvania avenue line t
accommodate extra passengers frol
Rosslyn Plaza.