Evening star., 1914-07-09
Vermont Avenue, Between H
and ], for Parking of
Vehicles.
CENTER OF HIGHWAY FOR
RESTRICTED DAILY USE
Commissioners Hope to Relieve Con-
gestion by Revised Regulations.
Other Changes.

Vermont avenue, between H and
streets northwest, today was officially
designated as a parking reservation for
vehicles In revised traffic regulations pro-
mulgated by the Commissioners for the
District of Columbia
At the same time the Commissioners
closed for parking purposes portions OF
seven streets in the downtown section of
the city. The arrangement, it Is believed,
will relieve congested traffic in the busi-
ness area.
Section Sc of the new regulations. which
were adopted after weeks of study by
the Commissioners, Maj. Sylvester, super
intendent of police; Conrad H. Syme, cor
noratiou counsel, and other District Of
fc,als. provides that the center or Ner-
mont avenue for a width of twenty 1eet
and extending from point within twenty
feet of q continuation of the building line
m the south side of l street to within
+venty feet of a continued line of the
north building line of II street may
he used and occupied for the tempo
r,rv marking of vehicles between the
borrs of & A M and 6 p.m.of the secular
days of the week
1t is provided that vehicles may palh
in double column if necessary, those taA-
ing position from H street 10 lace ioi u
and those taking posltion run ,,irtein
to face south, every vehlcle 10 Iiid4hl1iii M
a clearance of six feet between any
other vehicle SO parked
Streets Affected by New Rules.
Streets on which vehicles may not
stand longer than fifteen minutes. except
commercial vehicles loading or unloading
without permit from the Commissioners
are:
Fifteenth street northwest between
Pennsylvania avenue ana l
.ent Vehicles of the United States gov
ernment. . ,..-ao,
Fourteenth street northwest oel"o
Pennsylvania avenue and 1 street ,...
H street northwest oee"eeh
street and Madison place
Madison place northwest between
PENNSYLVANIA avenue and II street
New York avenue northwest oel"een
i4th and 18th streets
q street northwest, between 14th ana
F street northwest, between 14th and
18th streets.
The new regulations are based upon
suggestions submitted by .he Taae
safety Association, the Board OF Iraoe:
Individual citizens and obSerVatlons oA
the Commissioners, who nave mao tne
subject of street safety under ao'ise-
ment for nearly a year
headlights on automobiles, sectlon %
providing that "it shall be unlawrui 70
use any acetylene or electric heaoIisn.
or sidelight on the streets, avenues VI
nubIic highways of the District OF 10
iurnbia. unless the rear rehectors are
removed from the same or tns ILo.e
glass either ground or covered WIN mus mus
i'm paper or other material OF suie.Sl
density to prevent the ignt oells uaA ~
Ling or binding to persons using the
streets
Ordinary Rules Of Road.
Ordinary rules of the road are lalo
gown in the first forty regulations These
will be printed in pamphlet form unoer
.he headings of definitions, obedience
complaints, passing, turning. keeping TO
he right. backing and following. stop
sing standing, waiting and parking, over
taking street cars, right OF way, slgnals.
speed control, treatment and conoitlon
IF horses restrictions IN regard 10 'e-
licles and respective rights ana ouues VI
drivers and pedestrians
The remaining sections are practcally
a repetition of rules now IN force con-
,erning the operation OF street cars anu
,rher traffic over the Districts highways.
The Commissioners sustain the existing
rse,,Iations requiring vehicles passing
around a circle to keep to the rlght from
entrance to exit and prohlhlung them
from passing or approaching "ithiil NJ
teen feet of a street car WhlIe lhe iatter
mas stopped to take on OF o4sehhi &c p""
sengers-
II is provided that a vehicle shaii not
stop with its left side to curb. ana
that a vehicle waiting In 'front.' OF an
entrance to a building shall pronPtly
give way to one arriving 10 tdhe up vi
set down passengers.
The regulations Will become enectlve
within thirty days.