[PRCo] Re: "Television is keeping people at home,".......

[Edward H. Lybarger]

But please remember that this is an urban area, not a series of small towns
50 miles away.  Please also remember that I've never said TV didn't cause
smaller passenger counts...what I said was that West Penn made the corporate
decision to get out of the trolley business before Pittsburgh's first TV
station went on the air.

Ed

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Subject: [PRCo] "Television is keeping people at home,".......



.......from the January--1954  *ERA Headlights*  (although OT for Pgh.,
it is a subject discussed here relevant to WP)  --  and I quote:::

	......."and not even $55,000 worth of newer interurban cars and better
service can lure them away in their leisure time, say officials of
Portland Traction Co.  They report an 11% drop in traffic on the Oregon
City and Bellrose lines since introduction of the eight 'new' cars from
Pacific Electric last spring."
	"The company feels that while there may have been some increase in use
of automobiles in the area, most of the drop can be blamed on TV,
pointing out that competing bus lines of another company have suffered a
similar drop in traffic.  The Traction Company's city bus and TC routes
have had an 8% decline in passengers in the same period."

--
James B. Holland

        Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
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