The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
NOTICE
Public Hearing de Suggested Changes in the Traffic Regulations of
 the City of Bridgeport

At the meeting of the Common Council of the City of Bridgeport, held January 4, 1915. the following reso- Iution was adopted:
 Resolved, That the City Clerk be in structed to notify the persons in in terest to appear before the Ordinance Committee of the Common Council, on Thursday evening, January 2. 1915, at o'clock in the evening at the Coun- ei1 Chamber, City Hall, City of Bridge port, and be heard in relation to the following changes in the Traffic Reg uIations of the City of Bridgeport, suggested by the Automobile Club of Bridgeport, as follows:
 First In Section 15 of Article 1 thereof, by changing the word ten to the word fifteen and by emitting the words f'aT1y corner in the first sentence thereof, and by 'substitUting for them the words Efthe intersection of the curb Iines,'' so that when amended said section shall read as fol- lows:
 section Is. No person driving or controlling aSvehicle shall stop or cause to be stopped within the inter section of any streets or within if teen feet of the intersection of the euro lines of intersecting streets eX- cept in case of emergency or when directed 5by a police officer in uni form. But this section shall not ap- ply to the members of the police, fire or emergency hospital departments of the city while engaged in the neces- sary performance of their duties or elnplo oynnents.'
 Second By adding after Section Is of Article 1 thereof. the following;
 .tSection >16. The following streets and parts of streets shall be known as traffic streets namely. Connect cut Avenue, Central Avenue from Bar mum Avenue to Connecticut Avenue. TII Street, Wall Street, Elm Street, Can non Street, John Street. Broad Street. State Street, North Avenue, Grand Street, Washington Avenue. North Washington Avenue, East Washington Avenue, Railroad Avenue, Clinton Av- enue, MapIewood Avenue and those parts of all streets upon which street railway cars run. No pedestrian shall cross any traffic street except at a reg u1ar crossing, except for the purpose of boarding or leaving a street rail- way car at a regular stopping place for such car. except as hereinafter provided A regular crossing shall be the space between the. lines of inter secting streets and ten feet outside thereof or a crossing indicated by paw ing of g. different character from. that adjoining it, or by marks on the paw ing, or by posts set in or upon the. street, or otherwise suitably indicated. When a crossing, at intersecting streets is indicated by marks or posts then the remaining space within the lines Of Interesting streets and ten. feet outside thereof shall cease to be a regular crossing. At such places upon said traffic streets as shall be ihdicat- ed by the Superintendent of Police there shall be erected by the depart ment of public works suitable signs indicating that crossing except at reg liar crossings is prohibited by ordi- nance, and this ordinance shall not be effective except upon those parts of said streets which shall be within one thousand feet of such 8 sign
 Third. By striking out Section of Article III thereof. and by inserting in place thereof the following;
 Section 1. Vehicles preceding along any traffic street shall have the right Of way over vehicles crossing or turning into such traffic street on or from any street that is not a. traf1c street, subject, however, to the con trol of traffic officers; except as above set forth no vehicle shall have the right Of way over any other vehicle but it shall be the duty of the driver of every vehicle to look out for traffic coming from his right or intersecting streets.
 Attest:
 j. ALEX. H. ROBINSON. l-aa~ ealsN,-r-