[PRCo] Fwd: Re: [LRPPro] Re: Pittsburgh 1948 - Part 4: South Side

[Bill]

--- In LRPPro at yahoogroups.com, stennyson at ... wrote:

  Yes, it was the Dravosburg bridge.
  On the matter of trip length, I looked up 1948 in Moody's Investment
Manual. They said Pittsburgh Railways in 1948 carried 249,522,000
revenue passengers on 39,288,000 car-miles for 6.35 revenue passengers
per car-mile. Pgh Mtr Coach Buses carried another 28,800,000 on
6,802,000  bus-miles for 4.2 per mile, Pittsburgh Through (exprsss)
buses were heavily loaded at the peaks.
  Fares were increased 20 % in April 1948 so it is hard to relate that
revenue was $ 23,187,000 on rail for 9.27 cents per revenue passenger.
8.33 cents first third and 10 cents last third, Interurban fares were
2.3 cents per mile first third and 2.75 cents last two-thirds. For the
year 2.6  cents  Applying this to city fares. we get 
3.6 miles per revenue passenger and 23 revenue passenger-miles per
car-mile. 
 My 19 estimate last night was too low as I dd not then have the exact
car-mileage as reported to Moody's. That 23  is very similar to current
large articulated car averages today but back then evening travel was
much busier than today. People went downtown to the theatre, They did
not stay home  and watch television,  Also, Saturday was busier than
weekdays 
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