. Electric railway journal . Published by the McGraw Publishing Company, of Street Railway Journal and Electric Railway Rev. Vol. XLV NEW YORK, SATURDAY MAY 22, 1915 No. 21 BIG CARS If the jitney flare-up is illuminat- ON LONG ing any problem it is that of big SCHEDULES cars and long schedules. The pub- lic does not patronize the jitney as much for its comfortor its actual speed as for the fact that it is there whenthe passenger wants transportation and it takes himwith few stops to his destination. This condition ap-plies even where a seat is available for every car pas-seng
. Electric railway journal . Published by the McGraw Publishing Company, of Street Railway Journal and Electric Railway Rev. Vol. XLV NEW YORK, SATURDAY MAY 22, 1915 No. 21 BIG CARS If the jitney flare-up is illuminat- ON LONG ing any problem it is that of big SCHEDULES cars and long schedules. The pub- lic does not patronize the jitney as much for its comfortor its actual speed as for the fact that it is there whenthe passenger wants transportation and it takes himwith few stops to his destination. This condition ap-plies even where a seat is available for every car pas-senger. Without question the public of the towns wherethe jitney has done big business will not remain satisfiedwith fifteen and ten-minute headways in city companies could afford to run more cars of the sametype as those they have in service now. Naught will re-main then than recourse to shorter and lighter cars. Atthis writing at least two types of one-man cars havebeen designed, each weighing between 300 lb. and 350lb. per seat, this achievement being accomplished inpart with the aid of the small wheel and the smallmotor. Wit
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