. Electric railway journal . onsiderable number of this typeof car have been in operation for six months or morethis year. The cars have been in the heaviest service,carrying 100 to 125 passengers per car in rush-hourtrips, on occasions, although the rush-hour standardsfor a three-day average on this property would limit theload to eighty-five passengers. Actual operation of thecars has developed no structural or other weaknessesnor has it suggested any substantial modification indesign. Chicago Loop Rerouting Proposed Beeler Plan Submitted to Public Utilities Commission byChicago Surface Line
. Electric railway journal . onsiderable number of this typeof car have been in operation for six months or morethis year. The cars have been in the heaviest service,carrying 100 to 125 passengers per car in rush-hourtrips, on occasions, although the rush-hour standardsfor a three-day average on this property would limit theload to eighty-five passengers. Actual operation of thecars has developed no structural or other weaknessesnor has it suggested any substantial modification indesign. Chicago Loop Rerouting Proposed Beeler Plan Submitted to Public Utilities Commission byChicago Surface Lines Will Equalize Traffic andMaterially Improve Movement of Cars ON DEC 30, 1920, the Illinois Public Utilities Com-mission ordered the Chicago Surface Lines to sub-mit within sixty days preliminary plans for such switchand turn-back service and such revision of routing asthey may deem practicable and calculated to facilitatethe movement of cars, reduce congestion of traffic inthe Loop, or otherwise bring about improvements in. Car Flow Chart in Downtown District, ChicagoUnder Present Routing service. Accordingly, on Feb. 23, the Surface Linesforwarded to the commission a suggested plan of rerout-ing in the Chicago Loop district as prepared by theBeeler organization, which had been working onvarious service improvements for the company. Theproposed plan did not become public at that time,, butrecently, in connection with the fare case before theIllinois Commerce Commission, Mr. Beeler and Mr. Bucktestified against the rerouting plan submitted by thecity and offered their plan as one which would betteraccomplish the results sought. Ten changes in routing are recommended. They arebased on the principle of obtaining a more equitable dis- tribution of the cars within the district, a more evenlybalanced traffic on each street, a minimized turningmovement and the substitution, so far as practicable, ofright-hand movements for the more difficult left-handones. Beeler Rerouting Plan The
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