. Electric railway journal . Above, at left, a car at Car Stop sign. At right, loadingplatform 10-in. high, eliminating one step for passengers. In thecenter, newspaper headlines indicate the success of the skip step. Also window poster which provided advance information as to carstops. At bottom, view of No Parking sign which helped thepolice in preventing congestion at loading patforms. Skid Stop Received with Approval in Washington May 4, 1918 Electric Railway Journal 849 Skip Stop at Washington Adds 10 to 15 Per Cent to Service Co-operation of Public, Commission and Railways Leads to Immed
. Electric railway journal . Above, at left, a car at Car Stop sign. At right, loadingplatform 10-in. high, eliminating one step for passengers. In thecenter, newspaper headlines indicate the success of the skip step. Also window poster which provided advance information as to carstops. At bottom, view of No Parking sign which helped thepolice in preventing congestion at loading patforms. Skid Stop Received with Approval in Washington May 4, 1918 Electric Railway Journal 849 Skip Stop at Washington Adds 10 to 15 Per Cent to Service Co-operation of Public, Commission and Railways Leads to ImmediateSuccess of Skip-Stop Plan—Elimination of More Than One-Third ofStops, Use of Vivid Stop Signs, Erection of Loading Platforms andFront-End Fare Collection Increases Schedule Speeds Materially ON Feb. 7, 1918, John A. Beeler, consulting en-gineer, submitted the second of his unit reportsto the Public Utility Commission of the Districtof Columbia. In this he recommended the abolitionof more than one-third of the stops, pa
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