. Electric railway journal . within reasonable limits ofaccuracy, the revenue to be derived from a proposedhigher fare schedule. The present tendency of electricrailway rates, as established by the regulatory author-ities, seems to be toward a basic straight cash farecombined with a reduced rate ticket that can be pur- Present Fare ScheduleOF E D C B A ventional nickel fare. Subsequent increases in theamount of fare result in fairly uniform decreases intraffic when the results are averaged over a long periodof time and by taking as the basis of comparison thepercentage increase in the average
. Electric railway journal . within reasonable limits ofaccuracy, the revenue to be derived from a proposedhigher fare schedule. The present tendency of electricrailway rates, as established by the regulatory author-ities, seems to be toward a basic straight cash farecombined with a reduced rate ticket that can be pur- Present Fare ScheduleOF E D C B A ventional nickel fare. Subsequent increases in theamount of fare result in fairly uniform decreases intraffic when the results are averaged over a long periodof time and by taking as the basis of comparison thepercentage increase in the average fare paid. Fig. 2 is the result of a number of traffic statisticsafter modifications have been made to make conditionsas nearly comparable as careful analysis will this analysis statistics relating to the initial increasefrom the original nickel fare are eliminated. By properly combining the results shown in Fig. 1and Fig. 2 the estimated increase in revenue to be TABLE I—BASIS OF CASH AND TICKET FARE ASSUMPTIONS. 0 10 70 30Per Cent Decreasein Traffic
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