| Show Milts Memos Let's Ease the Squeeze By Allan Milt Lipman n The transportation system in Salt Lake has and is continuing to a problem difficult of This problem is not an isolated one but is one that is common in most all of the larger cities throughout the United A brief look at the situation will verify It costs between 45 and a mile to run a In the evenings and on Sundays the average intake is per It is quite evident that the crowded conditions in the buses during the rush hours are necessary in order to attempt to make up the deficit incurred during the slack Over the past ten years the expenses of running the buses have doubled while the fares have gone up In the light of these and other facts the Public Service Commission granted a rate increase in March of The also and rightly that the Salt Lake City Lines could not reduce any schedule without specific The Company has since shown a consistent financial Their during the last month of was miles less than a year Dur ing the same month profits were as compared with an loss in December of With this substantial it seems that the service for this month should have actually been In answer to this charge the Lines said that there were fewer chartered and extra bus service as compared with a year The Lines are- still faced with the problem of less and less patronage and a falling off of This situation is not going to be solved by decreasing the service more than have done Nor is it going to be solved by another increase in In order to win back the customers the bus company has to offer the public something better than it does at This can be not by putting on more but attempting to alleviate the traffic situation If people notice that the buses are moving through traffic faster than then they may ride the bus more in order to save the How can this traffic problem be One solution would be the Control of curb giving more street area for Another solution would be to set aside the curb lane during rush periods for New traffic problems would spring up in this but they are not Another solution that could be used is the adoption of the movable For illustrative purposes take a four lane Three lanes would run in the flow direction of traffic during the rush This plan is used successfully in New and Los Another suggestion is to have the city bar private autos from the downtown Parking facilities would then be provided on the fringe areas of the business districts and many buses would transport the people from there the other solutions seem to be the most feasible in our Some cities have gone so far as to take over the burden of running this important function much as they run the fire and police To have government performing functions that private businesses could handle is a step in the wrong All will agree that some form of mass transportation is the people are going to have to realize the Only by the work and co-operation of the people which is all of can an intelligent solution be |
