. Proceedings of the annual convention . re were 8000 motor vehicles in the United States, and thatup t* that time only one state had created a State Highway System. By 192S, whenthe population had reached 115 millions, there were 19,940,724 motor vehicles, and everyitate had organized a State Highway System. Highways 493 As shown by the above figures, there was a great change in our system of landtransportation between 1900 and 1925. The motor vehicle, first a luxury, and later aconvenience, and almost a necessity, had replaced the horse and buggy, and had so wellestablished itself as a means
. Proceedings of the annual convention . re were 8000 motor vehicles in the United States, and thatup t* that time only one state had created a State Highway System. By 192S, whenthe population had reached 115 millions, there were 19,940,724 motor vehicles, and everyitate had organized a State Highway System. Highways 493 As shown by the above figures, there was a great change in our system of landtransportation between 1900 and 1925. The motor vehicle, first a luxury, and later aconvenience, and almost a necessity, had replaced the horse and buggy, and had so wellestablished itself as a means of convenient and efficient transportation that it demanded,and received, a great deal of attention and support. Due to the conditions outlined, itwas during this period that the problem of highway-railway grade separation becamevital from a physical as well as a financial standpoint. Fig. 1 indicates in graphic form the rapid increase of highway use by motor vehicles 1500 1350 1200 = 1050 900 o 750 600 4 50 300 150 300 270 240 210 500. Yeor Source of Public Roods (Estimated)Eostern Railrood Presidents Conference *f Fig. I Roilwoy Rood Mileage end Troin Mileagein Relation to Motor Vehicle Mileoge 494 Highways and the resultant effect on railroad operation in the last 35 years. Since the Eighteen-Thirties, when the interest in railroads spread over the United States, until 1916, therewas a steady increase in railroad construction. According to Moodys compilation, andthe Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference, railway road mileage reached ,000 milesin 1910, and in 1916 reached the peak of 254,251 miles. After 1916 abandonments exceedednew construction and mileage steadily declined to about 224,500 miles in 1950, a decreaseof 29,751 road miles, or percent. Train mileage in this 35-year period also percent. In 1916, when railroad mileage reached its peak, there were only3,617,937 motor vehicles in the United States. After 1916 the number of motor v
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