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

[John Swindler]

What was the distribution of the ridership drop over the systems' operating 
hours???

John S.


>From: Jim Holland <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: "-->- PRCo -- WP -- JTC -- The Big *3* -<--" 
><pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Subject: [PRCo] "Television is keeping people at home,".......
>Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 00:03:41 -0700
>
>
>.......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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