. Electric railway journal . h and five east andwest. In the maximum rush hour, through the inter- an intersection during the hour between 5 and 6 inthe evening. These cars were provided and dispatched,but only 190 were able to get through due to the factthat the intersection was plugged for practically theentire time either by cars or vehicles, and as a con-sequence the public was deprived of fifty-three carswhen most needed although the company had providedthem and was paying the car-hour expense they entailed. The services of John A. Beeler and his staff wereenlisted, and together with our
. Electric railway journal . h and five east andwest. In the maximum rush hour, through the inter- an intersection during the hour between 5 and 6 inthe evening. These cars were provided and dispatched,but only 190 were able to get through due to the factthat the intersection was plugged for practically theentire time either by cars or vehicles, and as a con-sequence the public was deprived of fifty-three carswhen most needed although the company had providedthem and was paying the car-hour expense they entailed. The services of John A. Beeler and his staff wereenlisted, and together with our own transportation de-partment force, more than a year was spent workingout this problem. Recommendations were made frommonth to month and changes were gradually institutedin which public officials gave good co-operation. Themeasures for relief which were adopted and which arenow in effect are principally as follows: Car stops were relocated and combined, making whatis practically a skip-stop system in the business Double-Berth Stop on Eighth Street Near Grand Between Grand and Walnut The severe grade on which the cars must stop and the narrowstreet make this one of the most difficult operating points. Atthis intersection 243 cars pass between 5 and 6 , and at Eighth and Walnut Streets, 258 pass during the hour. A carstop sign and an information sign just above are seen at the rightof the illustration. sections within this area 5,000 car movements wereformerly made, of which an astonishingly large propor-tion were left-hand turns. Extremely narrow and con-gested streets further aggravated the situation. Tomake matters worse, because of the topography of thedistrict only two east and west lines were possible. Inaddition to the car movements, there were at the sametime more than 400 jitneys plying their trade in thisdistrict and a good proportion of the 40,000 automobilesowned by Kansas Citys 350,000 citizens. The absenceof parking restrictions converted the narrow
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