. Electric railway journal . arges on the rail route will exceedthe operating costs, and even on a heavy traffic route classes of service where its higher operating costs faroutweigh its saving in fixed charges, but it can onlycontinue to operate on selected short-haul routes andwhere it can evade the responsibilities of good servicewithout attempting to provide the necessary extraequipment for properly handling the morning and nighttraffic peaks, for which every traction company isexpected to equip itself. Operating Costs ComparedTable III is a comparison of operating costs per car-mile of fo
. Electric railway journal . arges on the rail route will exceedthe operating costs, and even on a heavy traffic route classes of service where its higher operating costs faroutweigh its saving in fixed charges, but it can onlycontinue to operate on selected short-haul routes andwhere it can evade the responsibilities of good servicewithout attempting to provide the necessary extraequipment for properly handling the morning and nighttraffic peaks, for which every traction company isexpected to equip itself. Operating Costs ComparedTable III is a comparison of operating costs per car-mile of four classes of cars. The rail car data are theaverage of the actual records of a number of companiesusing both safety cars and double-track cars; the gaso-line bus costs are derived from the records of fiverepresentative bus companies shown in Table II. Threeof these use small cars seating less than twenty-threepassengers; for these the gas and oil costs have beenadjusted to a weight of 10,000 lb. and for two companies 8o,oon. 10 12 14 16 18 20Safety Car Rush Hour Headways in Minutes Fig-. 1—Present day investment per mile of route for rail service• compared to investment for bus service of equal capacity. Fig. 2—Investment per mile of route for rail service based onpre-war costs for track and structures and present costs forrolling stock compared to the investment per mile of route forbus service of equal capacity. Fig. 3—Annual fixed charges per route-mile based on presentconstruction costs. Fig. 4—Annual fixed charges per route-mile based on pre-war 6 8 10 12 14 Vo 16 20Safety Cor Rush Hour Headways in Minutes costs for track and structures and present costs for rolling stock. Fig. 5—Annual operating costs per route-mile for rush-hourrail service. Headways compared to bus service of equal capac-ity. Longer headways during normal hours. Fig. 6—Total annual operating costs and fixed charges per mileof route based on present construction costs. Fig. 7—Total annua
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