[PRCo] Re: Run numbers

[John Swindler]

Would not be surprised if 1/2 min. schedules were also thing of pass in 
Chicago.  Being from Pittsburgh where rt. 64 had 20 min. peak schedules 
(how's that for getting a PRC connection <gg>), recall being surprised with 
CTA - we would leave Howard St. on rt. 22 Clark every three minutes, and get 
a leader at Devon.  Same on Broadway.  Wonder if the attempt was to get a 
bus through each light cycle?  And then there was Archer - where CTA tried 
to run a rapid transit line with buses.  It's the Midway airport corridor.

Gosh, that was a long time ago.

John




>From: "James B. Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Run numbers
>Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 15:46:37 -0700
>
>John Swindler wrote:
>
> > In the summer of 1969, the 22 Clark St. bus with run number 861 in the
> > window (on Friday's) was my run number - I still have the run card
> > where time was calculated at time points within the half-minute.
>
>
>Muni gave up on the 1/2 minute schedules about 1978 or 1979.
>Shortly after this we had computer printed paddles  --  before that we
>had to calculate our own times at each time point from running times for
>a line dependent upon the time of day.
>
>
>
>Jim__Holland
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>
>I__Like__Ike.......And__PCCs!!
>
>down with pantographs ---- UP___WITH___TROLLEYPOLES!!!!!!!
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