Show reasonable conclusions REGARDING CITY TRAFFIC PROBLEMS A two years international study of city transportation has convinced the rap rapid id transit committee of the st louis board of aldermen that street cars must remain the backbone of city service says the manufacturer the conclusion is based upon personal investigation by the committee of conditions in largest american cities as well as european and south american these are the outstanding conclusions and recommendations of the committees committee report motor busses will not supersede but will supplement street cars 4 motor bus competition with street railways causes wasteful duplication of service speed of street cars may be increased by separating ting them from other traffic and decreasing the number of stops street car service service in the primary business district suf fers rs from congestion more than it contributes to it A conservative estimate would place the street car riders ders at not less than 75 per cent of the traveling public says the report it would seem that their interests should have at atlean least 75 per cent of the consideration that is given to the e transportation and traffic p problems rob lems city transportation for the great masses of th the e people must continue to be provided provid ed by electric cars supplemented by y motor busses and rapid transit lines |