Evening star., 1943-01-10
PUG Asked 10 Order
Crosstown Bus Line
On Military Road
Spokesman for Citizens
Says Route Is Needed
To Ease Overcrowdinq

Nathan M. Lubar, chairman OF.
the District Citizens Associations
Steering Committee for Cross-town
Bus Service, announced yesterday
that he had filed with the Public
Utilities Commission, the Fedora. J
ton OF Citizens Associations and I,
the Office of Defense Transporta. 2
ton a motion for immediate inaug- -
uration of cross-town bus route, !
on Military road.
The present cross-town bus routa =,
over Klingle road is overcrowded, :.
Mr.. Lubar said, and a Military
road service would help to relieve
"a portion of such overcrowding. "-isn
If the PUG refuses to order thu
immediate installation of the routen
the motion asks the commission
whether or not it will considet1
the application of individuals or ,
companies other than the Capital i,
Transit Co." for the installation
Of the proposed route.
May Ask Legislation. -
THE Steering Committee for the
associations" the motion declares.
believes that it can present to the
commission, If franchise would be
permitted any other group, sys- :
tenn of independent operation Of
the cross-town route without trans-
fer privileges. If the PUG decides
that it does not have the authority.
to permit such a franchise, imme- =,
diate steps will be taken to request
Congress to pass legislation enabling
the commission to act. 5h'
The new cross-toWn route, as out-o,
lined in the motion, would operate
from Wisconsin avenue and Mili-
tary road, through Military road to-,
Georgia avenue and along Concord
avenue from Georgia avenue to New,
Hampshire avenue and returns
Among the reasons put forward by.
Mr.. Lubar for such route are the
following:
l. Bus service between Thirtieth
place and Military road and bus
service at Sixteenth street and Mill
tary road is approximately is miles
apart, yet in order to cover this
distance by public transportation.
it is necessary to travel a distance
of approximately miles, necessi-
tating the use of three transfers
and four public transportation
routes &.
Would Aid War Workers.
2. The same is true of any passen-:'
ger desiring to ride from any point,
north of Military road on one side
Of Rock Creek park to the other.
side of the park The motion said
there were 105,342 people living in
the immediate vicinity of this pro-
posed cross-town bus route when the
1910 census was taken.
3. The motion also claims that at
previous hearing, an origin and
destination survey indicated that
there would be minimum Of 5,112
riders per day on the proposed route
who would 60 from their homes to
their places of business and return.
The motion states that due to the
present emergency this figure would
be considerably larger.
4. The PUG should take into con-
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| convenience and time of war work.
ers and others who maintain war
workers through the various neces-.
sary services whose working hours
have been increased and who are
required to spend approximately 2
to hours daily merely using trans
portation to and from their place
of work and their homes"
Since 1888, the motion states, some
81 citizens associations have indi-
Gated a need for the proposed bus
route. 1t argues that although the
transit company objected to the
Klingle road route, it has been so
overwhelmingly patronized that its
bus capacity was caused to be in
creased and that even now, during
normal hours of transportation to
and from work, the line does not
have the capacity to accept all Of
the passengers desiring to use it."