. Electric railway journal . ly around the city outside of the down-towncongested district. The other result sought is to use partsof these crosstown lines for the connection of certain parts November 18, 1911.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. of radiating lines, thus forming a series of outside loopswhich will rrfake it possible to increase the service in theshort-haul district without running all the cars to the ex-treme ends of the lines or switching them back and makingthe passengers take the next car. The difficulties in congestion, it is thought, may be solvedvery largely by working out a sche
. Electric railway journal . ly around the city outside of the down-towncongested district. The other result sought is to use partsof these crosstown lines for the connection of certain parts November 18, 1911.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. of radiating lines, thus forming a series of outside loopswhich will rrfake it possible to increase the service in theshort-haul district without running all the cars to the ex-treme ends of the lines or switching them back and makingthe passengers take the next car. The difficulties in congestion, it is thought, may be solvedvery largely by working out a scheme of down-town rout- First: The business of urban transportation is a naturalmonopoly. Here is one case where competition is wastefuland ineffective. One city, one fare, through routes anduniversal transfers are the results of having one companyserve the entire community. Second: This monopoly should be completely under ef-fective municipal control, both for the protection of the Van Nuys , , m mJiarBank Lankershim ~ N~--~-. Population Scale O 500 O 1000 (^^ Scale of Miles0 1 I 3 A S Present Surface LinesProposed Surface L inesProposed SubwayProposed Open CutProposed TunnelProposed ElevatedProposed Subway StationPopulation of Cities 1900Increase in Population 1900 to IS 10Approximate Center of Population of500 Peopleoutside of Cities 1910Population shown for Los Angeles is that within5 miles of Sixth and Main Streets Los Angeles Report—Diagram of Rapid Transit Lines Existing and Proposed, with Populations in 1900 and 1910 Shown Diagrammatically ing, which by connecting the routes on opposite sides ofthe city so as to form through routes will make it possibleto have nearly all of the intersections right-angle crossingswith but very few curves or loops. FUNDAMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS AS REGARDS THE CITY SYSTEM The report sums up the fundamental considerations re-lating to the city railway system as follows: community and also for the safeguarding of the interestsof the corp
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