. Railway age . cnRLTH itirouKh »e|mrale doors, botb piotessis being carilcd ou _ type. :, Tocliso dom-H nmr Kivc signal tomotormun:!.!!..!!!!.!!!! 1! ^8 •• The longitudinal seat usually oc^cuplea a space 19 In. In length 1. Toinl iivrruf;< itiiiv ut tnilns at express Btatlooa during rush along the side of the car. This type of seat has long been in uae in houiH Mhotilii not pxccid 30bpls. gypfaj,g p^^g j^ niany elevated cars, and the ends of the present Aiiii.\.\ OK subway cars. From the foregoing discussion It Is plain that iu order to run The cross-seat of the back-to-b
. Railway age . cnRLTH itirouKh »e|mrale doors, botb piotessis being carilcd ou _ type. :, Tocliso dom-H nmr Kivc signal tomotormun:!.!!..!!!!.!!!! 1! ^8 •• The longitudinal seat usually oc^cuplea a space 19 In. In length 1. Toinl iivrruf;< itiiiv ut tnilns at express Btatlooa during rush along the side of the car. This type of seat has long been in uae in houiH Mhotilii not pxccid 30bpls. gypfaj,g p^^g j^ niany elevated cars, and the ends of the present Aiiii.\.\ OK subway cars. From the foregoing discussion It Is plain that iu order to run The cross-seat of the back-to-back type has been adopted 40 trains per hour through Ihe subway. It Is essential that more for use in the center of the cars on a number of elevated urban door openings bo provided than are found In the present cars. roads and for the present subway car. As the elbow of the pas- Tlicre are a iumil)er of different types of cars which will pro- senger occupying the seat next to the aisle can encroach upon the. Plan of Present Subway Car, Showing Arrangement of Seats and Single Doors at End*. vide extra doors, thus reducing the station waits and Increasingthe present number of cars which can be run through a stationduring rush hours. Kach type, however, will allow for a numberof different arrangements of the seats, and therefore before takingup the most desirable location of these extra doors, it will be wellto discuss the arrangement of seats In order to determine howbest to utilize the additional carrying capacity provided by theIncreased number of trains. Before determining uiion the proper arrangement of the seats,the question ol policy submitted to your Honorable Commission inmy preliminary report of November 2t!, IMO. must be decided. Inthat report I requested a decision as to whether the capacity ofthe subway should be limited to the number of passengers whocould be carried If the cars contained the maximum number ofseats, or whether it would be preferable to sacrlflce
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