. Electric railway journal . riod it dropped as low as This is obviously slower than walking. Anabstract of Mr. Beelers findings follows: In the business district the designated passenger carstops average fifteen to the mile, whereas eight stops permile is good practice. The stops in the central districtsshould be so relocated as to be convenient and safe, yetreduce to a minimum the interference with othervehicular traffic. Thus the number of stops can bebrought down from fifty to thirty-seven. Double berth-ing of cars is recommended at the fourteen busieststops, raised loading platf
. Electric railway journal . riod it dropped as low as This is obviously slower than walking. Anabstract of Mr. Beelers findings follows: In the business district the designated passenger carstops average fifteen to the mile, whereas eight stops permile is good practice. The stops in the central districtsshould be so relocated as to be convenient and safe, yetreduce to a minimum the interference with othervehicular traffic. Thus the number of stops can bebrought down from fifty to thirty-seven. Double berth-ing of cars is recommended at the fourteen busieststops, raised loading platforms to accommodate twocars each at three points and safety zones marked withstanchions at certain stops. Repeated observation has revealed that the standardjitney practice attempts to give the same headway asthe car line, with the buses leaving a minute or two inadvance of the cars. This practice fails to give anyreal additional transportation service, for it simply pro-vides extra seats that are not needed, as the cars are. 4:15 4 30 4:4j 5P. o l5 5:30 5:45 6:00 6 15 6:30 3 00 3:15 3:30 3:45 4:)lP. INDICATED CAR SPEEDS IN THE CENTRALAREA OF PATERSON very seldom filled to capacity even in the rush only benefit that could accrue to the city fromjitney operation would be to have them routed wherethere is no car service. If the jitneys are unwilling tosubmit to such a change in routing, it is questionablewhether they are of sufficient benefit to the city tojustify their retention. All jitney lines now loop in the business district ofthe city, with the result that they are turning at themost congested points and are not only delaying vehicletraffic but wasting much of their own time. If jitneyoperation is to be continued, a terminal loop should beused near the center of the city but away from the carlines. Jitney loading is found to cause some delay and con-gestion, largely because they almost invariably stop sofar from the curb that other vehicular
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