. Electric railway journal . f the commission hour-schedule was an impossibility. Records taken indicatedthat the average of efficiency was per cent, or 502cars for the maximum hour. Not only was it necessary to meet the congestion dif-ficulties presented due to the number of car movementson the street railway tracks, but there had to be faced,in addition, interferences from an extensive vehicularand pedestrian traffic at this point, Broad and MarketStreets being the main arteries of the city of Newarkand the Four Corners the heart of the business andshopping district. Some idea of the de
. Electric railway journal . f the commission hour-schedule was an impossibility. Records taken indicatedthat the average of efficiency was per cent, or 502cars for the maximum hour. Not only was it necessary to meet the congestion dif-ficulties presented due to the number of car movementson the street railway tracks, but there had to be faced,in addition, interferences from an extensive vehicularand pedestrian traffic at this point, Broad and MarketStreets being the main arteries of the city of Newarkand the Four Corners the heart of the business andshopping district. Some idea of the density of traffic atthis intersection may be gained from the following fig-ures which were developed from a count taken duringthe hours from 6 a. m. to 7 p. m. on a typical day previ-ous to the opening of our terminal building: Traffic Movement at Broad and Market Streets, Newark, N. J.,Dec. 22, 1915, 6. a. p. m. Number of electric railway cars 3,719 Passengers carried 76,291 Pedestrians 153,435 Number of vehicles 16,892. PUBLIC SERVICE RAILWAY REROUTEING—MAP OF REROUTEING SECTION AROUND PARK PLACE TERMINAL IN NEWARK, N. J. 174 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVIII, No. 5 Even the above does not give a complete picture ofthe situation for there must also be borne in mind thefact that the crossing at Broad and Market Streets was& general transfer point for all of the lines crossingthis intersection, the extent of the transfer interchangebeing indicated in the accompanying diagram No. 1,■which shows the transfer movement by lines and bydirections during the afternoon rush hour of a typicalday. Why Traffic at Broad and Market Streets IsCongested Some comments on the relation of Broad and MarketStreets to the points of interest in the city and to out-lying sections might be in order, and will serve to illus- I i trate its importance as a meeting point of many linesserving the surrounding territory in all directions. Forinstance, the routes through Broad Street running north
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