Evening star., 1943-02-06
PUG. Bus Order
Trims Services :
For 5 Areas
Tokomo, Petworth,
ChiIIum Heights to
Be Affected Feb. 28


Major reroutings and partial
elimination Of bus services from
TAkoma, Chillum Heights and Pet.
worth areas were ordered today BY
the District Public Utilities Cosnmis-
sion as q means Of saving buses.
rubber and gasoline, In compliance
with demands Of the once Of Do.
tense Transportation.
The new orders, to be effective
February -. were described ~ but
initial moves, with the suggestion
that further changes may b
ordered.
Protests are expected from resi-
dents Of the affected areas, since the
proposals in one form or another
have been pending for many months
and have brought objections from
leaders Of various organized units.
Express Limit Shifted.
OF great importance to bus riders
accustomed to board buses at 0eor-
gia avenue and New Hampshire
avenue is the shifting ofs the
northern limit Of the express service
on the Takoma, Chillum Heights
and Petworth buses, marked J-6,
K-4 and PA, from New Hampshire
and Georgia avenues NV. north to
varnum street at Grant Circle.
This change will mean that many
Capital Transit Co. patrons. who
heretofore have transferred to the
express buses will have to depend
on streetcars. In this connection
the commission said: ''The net re-
suit Of this change, 80 far Is the
riders living In the Takoma Park,
Chillum and Petworth areas are
concerned. Is that they viii have q
faster service, since the express
limits are moved farther north.
Those in the lower Petworth area,
that is, south Of Grant Circle, have
an average ride Of about 3 miles,
and the total time of their travel to
the congested area by streetcar will
not be materially greater than the
average time Of travel by those liv.
ing farther north"
The commission, referring to
hearings held last October, SAID, 1T
appears from . review Of the evi.
dence and from preliminary re.
view Of the data in the survey that
the changes proposed In the notice
OF hearing. dated September Is.
1912, are necessary and proper, and
that additional changes In the fu.
ture may have to be instituted In
order to save more bus miles, but,
at the same time. to improve the
service In the Takoma Park, Chill.
lum and Petworth areas The COM
mission Is therefore Of the opinion
that the changes proposed IN the
notice Of hearing should be insti-
tuted as an interim step In this
case without waiting for the com.
pletion Of the record"
III Illuminated.
As to the J series (TAkoma) buses
the following Is ordered:
J-1 is eliminated.
J-2 ttte shuttle lire running to
the Fourteenth street and 0o14fado
avenue streetcar line terminal) i
continued as in the past.
J-6. with some Grange IN. ypute,
this line now operated Ia b1se day
service, viii be operated In morning
and evening rush period aS wen -
base day, ana also Will have night
service, and Win be operated ON
Sundays. This Is an express servico
during weekdays.
J-3 (the Ninth street ioute) win
be continued as at present
Changes In the Petworth tthe r
bus line) are as follows:
| Pa, an express service, viii be
continued with elimination Of the
large northern terminal loop and
the substitution Of = small loop
turnaround via Fifth and 0allatin
streets and Kansas avenue. This
service Is now base day only and In
the future viii operate In the morn-
ing and evening rush period ~ well
as base day and also ON Sunday.
| P-1 Seuthbound Route CHANGED.
P-1 (the route to Potomsc Paak)
will be continued as In the past
except that 1t viii travel, SOUTH
bound, via Vermont avenue. r
street, Connecticut avenue, TWen.
tieth street, New Hampshire avenue,
Twenty-first street to Constitution
avenue. The northbound route win
be the same Is IN the past. This Is
. rush-hour express service as In the
past.
Pa, the local running via Six.
teenth street, Is eliminated and the
commission said additional buses
VIII be added to the Pa line to take
up the gaps In service demands.
Pa (the rush-hour express line
to the Veterans Bureau) Is con-
tinued except that the downtown
route IS cut Oh at the bureau at II
street NV. instead Of continuing
to the terminal at the old Post
Once Department Building.
As to the X series buses (Chillum
Heights) the commission ordered;
K-4. involving minor change In
route, will 60 to congested sections
via Sherman avenue. Florida and
Vermont avenues to Eleventh street
NV. and then south to the terminal
IN the rear Of the old Post Once De.
partment Building. In the past this
has been only base day service but
now will provide service also In the
morning and evening rush hours
and at night and also on Sundays,
with express limits moved north
from Georgia and New Hampshire
avenues to Varnum street and New
Hampshire avenue at Grant Circle.
K-2, local. starting at New
Hampshire avenue and Blair road
NV. and reaching the congested
section via Sixteenth street to reach
the old Post Once terminal. 4
eliminated. The commission said
additional buses will be added to the
K-4 line to make up for this loss
Of service,
cInihee evrhannA nnane