Evening star., 1947-09-11
CAPITAL Transit Studies
Express Buses From
Chevy Chase Circle

officials of the Capital Transit Co.
are studying the possibility of new
express bus service from Chevy
Chase Circle, using part of the Rock
Creek parkway system to speed
commuters to and from work, 1t was
learned today.
This would link in with a project
of giving suburban communities ex-
press bus service with downtown
Washington. New express bus lines
from Riverdale, Md; one via the
Peace Cross and the other via West
Hyattsville, Md, are planned by the
company shortly. The Maryland
Public Service Commission already
has Endorsed the experimental Riv-
erdale express lines, transit officials
said. The program now is pending
before the District Public Utilities
Commission for approval. Company
officials hope to begin the Riverdale
service about September %.
An express bus service from
Chevy Chase Circle would connect
with an extension of the suburban
express bus service, possibly from
Bethesda and Silver Spring.
Permission Is Needed.
The use of the parkway would de-
pend on permission from officials OF
the National Capital Parks, transit
officials declared. Previously, park
authorities have opposed such a
project, transit experts said, ruling
that commercial vehicles can not
use the park system.
Capital Transit Co. officials stressed
that the Chevy Chase Circle express
line still is lin the thinking stage
The fare would probably be 20 cents.
One route being studied is from
Chevy Chase Circle to Cathedral
avenue to Reno road to Thirty
fourth street and Massachusetts, ave-
nue. to the parkway, thence to Vir-
ginia avenue and New York avenue
to Thirteenth and E streets NV. A
second route under consideration is
down Connecticut avenue to Chevy
Chase parkway to Rock Greek Park
at Calver street, near the Shoreham
Hotel. 1t would then follow the
other route.
Roads Held Sufficiently Wide.
The Chevy Chase Circle express
busline would tie in with lines to
Kensington and Wheaton, Md, the
Military road line, the Garrett Park
line and the East-West highway line,
officials explained
Where the express bus line is pro-
posed to enter Rock Creek Valley,
the transit authorities said, the
highways are wide. One of the oh
jections to using the park system,
according to park authorities, is be-
cause of the narrow winding roads
in Rock Creek Park. The transit
officials, however, have pointed out
the wide highways in the valley are
made one-way, southbound, in the
morning rush traffic hours, and one
way, northbound, in the late after
noon traffic rush.
The parkway express bus program
is linked with the outcome of the
experimental Riverdale bus lines,
transit officials said.
The Riverdale lines express service
is an outgrowth of discussions be-
tween the company and the Dis
trict's Motor Vehicle Parking
Agency, headed by P. Y. K. HoWat
Transit officials said this should aid
the downtown parking situation
here by encouraging suburbanites to
leave their cars at home and take
the express bus service.
Park authorities refused the use
of the Polo Field in Potomac Park
for automobile parking recently, as
part of an agency plan to use short
line express bus service to carry
motorists between the parking area
and their work.