. Electric railway journal . com-parison with the requirements faced by many total system comprises three lines operating over18 miles of track. All lines extend through the businessdistrict, at the center of which is the State Capitol, andinto the residential district in both directions. All carsoperate over the single-track loop around the StateHouse Square, passing around a portion of the loop inone direction and the remainder on the return day schedule calls for nineteen cars, and six extracars are used in the morning run and thirteen extra inthe evening. The converg
. Electric railway journal . com-parison with the requirements faced by many total system comprises three lines operating over18 miles of track. All lines extend through the businessdistrict, at the center of which is the State Capitol, andinto the residential district in both directions. All carsoperate over the single-track loop around the StateHouse Square, passing around a portion of the loop inone direction and the remainder on the return day schedule calls for nineteen cars, and six extracars are used in the morning run and thirteen extra inthe evening. The convergence of all three lines at thesquare gives a five-minute headway all day over thistrack, with a closer spacing in rush hours. The one-man cars are operated on any of the lines and inter-spersed with the two-man cars. Both the standardsafety cars and double-door safety cars were installedin Madison on a car-for-car basis in replacing the two-man cars. The headway on all lines is ten minutes, bothfor two-man and one-man AT LEFT AND RIGHT, FRONT PLATFORM LAYOUT, SHOWING THE ARRANGEMENT OF STANCHIONS AND POSITIONOF OPERATOR RELATIVE TO EXIT PASSAGEWAY. IN CENTER, INTERIOR OF MADISON CAR, SHOWINGABSENCE OF FOLDING PLATFORM SEATS, CURTAINS AND OTHER MOVABLE FIXTURES 492 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 57, No. 11 A Symposium on Traffic Sales Methods Must Be Followed to Increase Traffic, but They Must Be Accompanied by GoodService Through Close Co-operation Between the Transportation Department and: the Traffic Department, so that the Public Will Be Satisfied with What It Buys—The Subject Is Considered from Four Standpoints THE greater part of the session on Friday morning,Feb. 25, of the Toledo meeting of the CentralElectric Railway Association was devoted to thesubject of Traffic. Four papers on this topic werepresented, and there was also oral discussion. Abstractsof these four papers follow: The Functions of a Traffic Department By Bert Weedon Traffic Manager Interstate Publ
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