. Report on the Pittsburgh transportation problem, submitted to Honorable William A. Magee, mayor of the city of Pittsburgh . ngth of a car travel inPittsburgh— miles—is not greatly different from that of Chicago— miles—where city boundaries are much further from the busi-ness center. In this connection the comparative map of citytraction areas accompanying this chapter will be of Chicago results, to be sure, are confined to the lines operat-ing in the North and West Sides only, but as both of the princi-pal Chicago Railway systems cover a territory radiating fromthe busin
. Report on the Pittsburgh transportation problem, submitted to Honorable William A. Magee, mayor of the city of Pittsburgh . ngth of a car travel inPittsburgh— miles—is not greatly different from that of Chicago— miles—where city boundaries are much further from the busi-ness center. In this connection the comparative map of citytraction areas accompanying this chapter will be of Chicago results, to be sure, are confined to the lines operat-ing in the North and West Sides only, but as both of the princi-pal Chicago Railway systems cover a territory radiating fromthe business center, the data from the Chicago Railways Companymay be taken as generally indicative of conditions existing inthat city. Considering the greater dimensions of the western city itwould appear that in Pittsburgh there should be a possibility ofreducing car travel by the establishment of short haul routes,either on the inner loop principal or by means of transverseroutes. Comparatively few such routes exist in the presentscheme. 136 THE PITTSBURGH TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM REVENUE CAR MILES PER MILE SINGLE TRACK. 1 20,000 „i ANNUAL GROSS EARNINGS FROM OPERATION o — 28 *26242220t1 8161412IO8 600400200 800,000 OOO600,000,000400,000,000200,000,000 O 80,000,00060,000,00040,000,00020,000,000 °-» 20,000,000 1 5,000,000 10,000,000 60,000,000 O 6 s t> a J 5 £ B 1 5 COMPARATIVE OPERATING RESULTS OF LARGEURBAN TRACTION SYSTEMS. COMPARATIVE TRACTION RESULTS 137 Summary of Comparative Results. In the foregoing exhibits, the traction results from thevarious cities have been shown in detail. Compared intel-ligently and with proper reservation, as noted at the beginningof this chapter, general impressions gained by other observa-tions may be made more definite. In these comparisons, both totalquantities and ratios have been used, the one conveying an ideaof the size or extent of the traction operations, the other, re-ducing the data to the same basis irrespective of s
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