[PRCo] Re: PRCo -- 1958__Annual__Report

[John Swindler]

Look at drop in number of passengers between 1951 and 1954:  237 million to 
133 million.  That's a lot of nickels (ok, fare was higher)

Also look at streetcar mileage:  Dropped from 31.6 million to 19.6 million 
per year.  That allowed the fleet to "shrink" by about a third, and 
frequency of service to deteriorate.

The system was under siege.

John


>From: Jim Holland <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] PRCo -- 1958__Annual__Report
>Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 07:27:36 -0800
>
>
>Good Morning!
>
>	Matt Barry or Bob Schmidt may have sent this before:
>
>http://www.erha.org/timepoints/v17n4.htm
>
>	Looking at the statistics a little closer for::
>
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>*- 1958 -*
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>+-Total Fleet = 837 Revenue Vehicles
>	TrolleyCars = 608 = 72.6%
>		Buses = 229 = 27.4%
>
>TrolleyCars are 100% PCC!
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>+-Route Miles
>1.)--(Miles of 1st Main Track = 215.05;
>	Buses = 323.11 Route Miles;
>		TOTAL = 538.16 Miles)
>Then::
>	TrolleyCars = 40%
>		Buses = 60%
>
>2.)--(Miles of Single Track = 398.97;
>	Buses = 323.11 Route Miles;
>		TOTAL = 722.08 Miles)
>Then::
>	TrolleyCars = 55.3%
>		Buses = 44.7%
>
>#1  *might*  be best comparison as  *Route__Miles*
>	are generally measured One_Way, Not
>	Round_Trip.    Single_Track would seem to
>	Measure Round_Trip mileage.
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>+-Total Revenue Generated  AND  Total Passengers Carried
>	TrolleyCars = 81.9%
>		Buses = 18.1%
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>+-Revenue Per  *Vehicle*
>	TrolleyCar = $114,087.86
>		Buses = $66,990.25
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>+-Passenger Vehicle Miles
>	TrolleyCar = 72.3%
>		Buses = 27.7%
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>+-Passengers per  *Vehicle*
>	TrolleyCar = 142,565.48
>		Buses = 83,492.97
>
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>James B. Holland
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