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5-1 SUPPLEMENT: VIEW OF
BUS SERVICE IN DANBURY IN 1935


BUS MAIN --- 1. INTRO --- 2. GOALS BY MUNIC. --- 3. FIXED ROUTE --- 4. FIXED ROUTE GOALS
5. SWEETHART --- 6. SWEETHART GOALS --- 7. MULTIMODAL GOALS
8. ADMIN. GOALS --- 9. CAPITAL PLAN --- 10. INTERCITY BUS --- 11. LINKS


It is interesting to look back at the golden age of local bus service. We see a high level of service in Danbury, as documented by this excerpt from the 1935 Danbury Traffic Survey:

1. Danbury & Bethel Transportation Company makes fifty-four trips from Main Street on a twenty minute schedule, also eighteen extra trips a day. Main Street to end of North; Main Street to end of White Street; Main Street to end of West Wooster; Main Street via Franklin St to Well Ave; Main Street to Lake Kenosia via West & Lake Avenue; Main Street to Hospital via Osborne Street.

2. New England Transportation Company operates from the Railroad Station on White Street. Five round trips a day to Ridgefield via Main, West, Division and West Wooster Streets. Five round trips to south Norwalk via Main, West, Division and West Wooster Streets. Two round trips to new Milford via White and Federal Streets. Two round trips to New Haven via South Street and Coal Pit Hill. Two round trips from Pittsfield to New York going from the north to the south.

3. Brewster & Danbury Motor Company operates two buses from Main Street via West Street and Lake Avenue.

4. Danbury Interurban Company operates ten buses going from the center of Main Street to Poughkeepsie, Hartford, Waterbury and Bridgeport. Four round trips from Main Street via south Street and Coal Pit Hill. Five round trips from Main Street through White Street. Two round trips from Main Street through North Street.

5. The City Taxi Company operates school buses to the High School as follows: two from Brookfield, one each from Branchville, Redding and New Fairfield.

6. Between eight and twelve independent companies operate through Danbury on which we were unable to get desired information.

BUS MAIN --- 1. INTRO --- 2. GOALS BY MUNIC. --- 3. FIXED ROUTE --- 4. FIXED ROUTE GOALS
5. SWEETHART --- 6. SWEETHART GOALS --- 7. MULTIMODAL GOALS
8. ADMIN. GOALS --- 9. CAPITAL PLAN --- 10. INTERCITY BUS --- 11. LINKS

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