. The Street railway journal . art of the island between Twenty-Third Street and the Battery. To give exact figures of the centration is in the one hour from 5 oclock to 6 oclock, butthe peak of the load comes actually from 5:30 oclock to 6oclock. The travel going to the business district in the morn-ing hour and returning in the evening hour, assuming a fairlywell balanced traffic, is estimated as follows: Coming from north of Twenty-Third Street by all elevated lines 75,000 Coming from north of Twenty-Third Street by all surface lines 67,000 142,000 Coming from Long Island and Staten Island,
. The Street railway journal . art of the island between Twenty-Third Street and the Battery. To give exact figures of the centration is in the one hour from 5 oclock to 6 oclock, butthe peak of the load comes actually from 5:30 oclock to 6oclock. The travel going to the business district in the morn-ing hour and returning in the evening hour, assuming a fairlywell balanced traffic, is estimated as follows: Coming from north of Twenty-Third Street by all elevated lines 75,000 Coming from north of Twenty-Third Street by all surface lines 67,000 142,000 Coming from Long Island and Staten Island, all ferry lines 31,000 Coming from Long Island by Brooklyn Bridge 33,ooo 64,000 Coming from New Jersey by all Hudson River ferries 32,000 32,000 Coming from the east and west surface car lines (not included above) 12,000 12,000 Total in maximum hour 250,000 The especial significance of these figures is that per centof the rush hour travel to the business district comes from the 68 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol; XXL No. FLAT-IRON BUILDING north, per cent comes fromLong Island and Staten Island, per cent comes from NewJersey, and per cent fromthe residence districts of Man-hattan, adjoining the businessdistricts. To say that the rush hourproblem on Manhattan Islandrelates primarily to the northand south traffic is to state afact with which nearly all whodo business here are familiar. For the benefit of those whowish to make further study ofthe traffic development on Man-hattan Island the following ref-erence to articles on the subjectare given: Railroad Gazette, Nov. 20,1891, Manhattan ElevatedRailroad Traffic, by H. ; Railroad Gazette,Sept. 11,1896, Analysis of OneDays Traffic Manhattan Ele-vated Railway, by ; Proceeedings NewYork Railroad Glub, March,1897; Notes on Rapid Tran-sit, by W. L. Derr; Street Railway Journal, Oct. 5, 1901,Traffic Gonditions of New York Gity. by F. R. Ford. It does not require a deep study of existing conditions
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