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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