[PRCo] Fwd: Pittsburgh 1948 - Part 2

[Bill]

--- In LRPPro at yahoogroups.com, "Leroy W. Demery, Jr."
<chris_demery at ...> wrote:

Lyndon et al.,

Continuing with Pittsburgh streetcar line traffic data from 1948:

6 - Brighton Road
4.7 miles
2,959,000 revenue passengers

7 - Charles Street
3.2 miles
1,115,000 revenue passengers

8 - Perrysville Avenue
5.2 miles
4,517,000 revenue passengers

10 - West View, 11 - East Street, 15 - Bellevue
15.4 miles
6,729,000 revenue passengers

12 - Evergreen Road
4.0 miles
134,000 revenue passengers
(I believe this line was operated as a shuttle except during peak hours.)

13 - Emsworth, 14 - Avalon
7.5 miles
6,419,000 revenue passengers

18 - Woods Run
4.4 miles
2,703,000 revenue passengers

19 - Western Avenue
3.0 miles
2,297,000 revenue passengers

20 - Rebecca
2.3 miles
1,080,000 revenue passengers

21 - Fineview
2.4 miles
421,000 revenue passengers


Lines 6-8, 10-12, 21

32.0 miles system length (unduplicated).
28,374,000 revenue passengers.
37.7 million "total passengers" (above figure multiplied by 1.33.)

Composite ATD: 2 miles. Determined by assigning average travel
distance per revenue 
passenger to the lines - arbitrarily - as follows:

6 - Brighton Road: 2.5 miles.
7 - Charles Street: 1.5 miles.
8 - Perrysville Avenue: 2.5 miles.
10 - 11 - 15 - West View: 3 miles.
12 - Evergreen Road: 2 miles.
13 - 14 - Emsworth: 2.5 miles.
18 - Woods Run: 2.5 miles.
19 - Western Avenue: 1.5 miles.
20 - Rebecca: 1.5 miles.
21 - Fineview: 1.5 miles.

I then calculated a "weighted average" travel distance per revenue
passenger, 2.4 miles. 
This, adjusted "downward" to account for revenue and transfer
passengers, gives 1.8 miles 
ATD. (As before, this figure is presented on the "traffic density
tables" as simply "2 mi.")

(The "East Street Ravine" is now shared with I-279. Little remains in
the way of residences 
south of Evergreen Road. Looks like a shopping mall near the former
location of West View 
amusement park. "Depopulation" is very apparent in some locations,
e.g. Perrysville 
Avenue. Note the "McMansions" east of the road, across the street from
Riverview Park.) 

Leroy W. Demery, Jr.

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