The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
PARKING SPACES
 MEET APPROVAL
Much Additional Space Under New PIan-Citizens Con-
 mend Plan of Club

The parking spaces which have been marked off by the Birmingham Auto omo- bile club on First avenue between Nine teenth and' Twentieth streets are doing much to relieve the congestion of automo- piles in that section. and have the un- qualified ndorsement not only of city and police officials but of citizens gen. erally.
 The new plan which has just been in- auguraaed was worked out by con- mittee from the Automobile club consist ing of some ot the leading men of Bir- minsham, and it is declared that fulIy one-fourth more cars can be parked in giver space under this plan than for merly.
 "The parking spaces provided by the Rirrningham Automobile club on First avenue between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets are certainly great hedp in ra- lieving the parking congestion. said G. L. Bailes, assistant city attorney. Under this arrangement about ? per cent more cars are parked in the same space. In other words, 6 cars are now parked where 50 had been about the limit heretofore.
 
 this work If we only had three or four more organizations working just as faith fully and enthusiastically as the Auto mobile club, chances are we would come as near to approaching ideal traffic fon- ditions as could be found in any city of our class"
 "There is no question about the splen- did advantages occurring from the park ing spaces provided by the Automobile club and there are certainly no dis advantages" declared Chief of Police T.. I. Shirley. "It is true that there is no law to make a man get in these stalls, and he can straddle, but if he deliberate ly straddIes the lines, he is surely with out proper consideration for his fellow motorists It is just as easy to run into the stalls as it is to straddle. and is hard to understand why man will straddle." i've have been needing the marking off Of parking space for years. and I am certainly glad that the Automobile club has done the york; said A. H. ,Uhrig. '.It not only provides more space for parking but adds 100 per cent to the ap- pearance of the streets. because the whole thing is uniform. The work should be kept up. The Automobile club has started the work at their own ex- pense, and if the city is not able to keen IL up. II Sfipuiu pc uonC pS PoPH'oi subscription
 ''The parking spaces. as now marked off by the Automobile club. not only pro vide more space. but automobiles can be marked more saftly.' said A. M Rice. There is plenty of space between the lines, and if the drivers will get within the lines there is no danger of running into the other fellows car"
  'I am heartily in favor of the parking spaces, and have noted every day that the drivers are careful to get within the lines" said Marc Link. whose store fronts on the section where the new experiment. is being tried Tt is true that it pro-
 vides space for a larger murder Of cars There is one thing. however, that believe should be done. and that is en- force the law which prohibits the parking of cars for greater period than 45 min utes However, I congratulate the Auto mobile club on their alertness in estab- fishing these stalls. know that it is Helping to keep the cars parked straight"