A Comparison of the Costs of Operation of the Motor Bus, Birney Safety Car, and Trolley Bus on the Local Transportation Routes in Pasadena

Author: Stromsoe, Douglas Albert

Year: 1923

Degree: Bachelor's thesis

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Committee Member: None, None

Option: Civil Engineering

DOI: 10.7907/TXJW-9S79

Abstract

With the installation by the Pacific Electric Railway of a bus system in Pasadena to supplant most of its trolley lines, the problem of the comparison of the costs of the two systems naturally presented itself. The study here undertaken was originally started as just a comparison of the motor bus and Birney Safety Car, but as the work progressed it seemed advisable to include the trolley bus as well - a method of transportation that is comparatively new as far as development is concerned, but which seems to be finding increasing favor in the East.

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