Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-24
R[ROUT|NG OF CARS
TOENDCONGEST|0N
Auto Parking on Broad Street
Will Also Be Abolished
by City
PLANS EFFECTIVE AT ONCE


many car lines and the ultimate creation
NJ through lines for motortrucks and
the elimination of parking from Broad
street.
The changes were decided upon yes
tcrday at conference between Superin =
tcpdcnt Of Police Mills. A. Howard
Jones. assistant chief engineer Of the
commission, and X. II. Horton, traffic
engineer of THE Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Co.
The transit changes are to be made
at once. A few minor track adjust
mcnts may hold up some changes for
a short time, but the majority will be
In effect this week
The car lines that will be rerouted
as soon as the changes in the tracks
can be made are as follows:
Route 81. the Columbia avenue line,
which now runs down Eighth street
10 Chestnut thence to Front and west
in Walnut street to Ninth. will be di-
vcrted down Eighth street on the south
bound trip TO Locust The cars will
go through Locust street to Ninth and
IN that street to Columbia avenue. The
journey to the Chestnut street ferries
will thus be entirely eliminated.
Route 90. the Tenth Eleventh street
line, which now loops on SAMSON street,
will be diverted to Filbert street.
Routes and %. Twelfth Thirteenth
street lines, which also loop on San.
som street, will be rerouted over Fill
bert street in order to avoid the inter-
sections over Market and Chestnut
streets. which greatly retard the
schedule Of all cars operating over
those streets.
Route 16, the Nineteenth Twentieth
street line. will be, rcroutcd 30 that il
will make its westbound journey from
the City Hall over Filbert street in
stead Of Market street, as is the case at
present. The purpose Of that rerouting
is to steer clear of the intense jam at
Fifteenth and Market streets. The re
routing will be made next week.
Route II, the Seventeenth and
Eighteenth street line, will also be di-
vcrtcd to Filbert street instead of run
ming over Market street.
In addition, compromise is in sight
whereby Arch street will be made a one
way street during the morning rush bour
between 6 and o'clock, and during the
evening rush period from to 6 o'clock.
During those hours the cars now run
ming east in Arch street will be operated
il Race street and the westbound will
continue to run in Arch street. The
,Pstbound track on Arc hstreet will be
used for vehicular traffic.
The trolley car changes are tempor-
Gry and are the result of comprehen-
sivc study of the traffic situation or
dcrcd here by Commissioner Clement.
In addition, SAMSON street will be
utilized for fast running West Phila-
drlphia trolleys that are now thrown
into Walnut street during the evening
rush hours. The extra cars will be
operated over SAMSON. comparatively
traffic free street, on faster schedules
than arc possible on the Walnut street
tracks.
The plan for changing Route "a, the
Fifteenth and Sixteenth street line
which now loops over SAMSON street so
that it, too. would turn at Filbert
street was temporarily abandoned be-
cause of the opposition of Superintend.
cnt Mills, who maintained that the
change would result in no real improye-
mcnt.
Parking Changes Effective at Once
The parking changes will be made
elective within seven days by the Police
Department These prohibit the central
street parking of automobiles on Broad
street, In addition the curbstonc mark.
ing will also DC ordered abandoned ex-
Ccpt where truck is unloading or
where the automobile is parked along
the street for short time while the
owner IS transacting necessary bust
ness That prohibition will apply to all
OF the city streets.
\ study will then be made of tbe
situation to determine to what streets
the parked automobiles will be diverted
SO that eventually the Broad street
'ralhr can be further relieved by the
ordering of the heavily laden auto-
trucks to special north and south
streets
n" present ar: angcmcnts were de-
|rlD"d by Superintendent Mills as n
,maEcShift' that will only temporarily
HcIay the eventual automobile truck
IahGS. The eventual solution of the truck
problem, which will probably be worked
out IN the. course of the next three
months, was outlined yesterday.
mat Will consist in the ordering of
IN" present trolley routes off several
n"rth and south streets, the rcpayipg of
,noSr thoroughfarcs to suit the heavy
uurkS LUCK, That are daily tearing up the city
MreS'S' aud the limiting Of the trucks
10 those streets,
e. ne streets that have been, suggested
T'L TI mos" truck lanes" are Tenth and
.'Ncnth streets. and Seventeenth and
""Tnner !r, street adjacent to it.
H. ne very heavy trucks which bear
in" maximum load of 26, 900 pounds al
o"Cd by the state law will be confined
trr north and south street, while the
tLorhS mat are not so burdensome and
,mcnI mc,tiore capable of higher rate of
TEu' Wll' he ordered on other streets.
tbo tb'H broad street will be open only to
n"l , nlghcr speed passenger automobiles
"u% POSSIBLY the bus lines.
'nolllh'SSloncr Clement is said to have
'r,SGiI,'u'ndHd to the Mayor that the
JcoT, "T" problem on Broad street be
tbon WIN before the bus line on that
"TT'THughlare is approved
tns Nv trucks will only be permitted on
"gollr I travel in the block where thew
r,lpau ap% 1t is also possible that east
tbo hI MGSI streets will be designated as
tho ppcit lines for the trucks so that
btIu'kS can also be barred from
'''nut and Walnut streets.
'rotest Against New System
'a>Syunk avenue business mon arc nm
,,,sImS ~ arms against the new p. r. r. fare
IrE,m TLonwh which goes into effect July /.
oiBo"nahds of their customers from
rroo ro't along Snyder avenue now gct
from 'SGahsierS on Snyder avenue cars
tbns mrr9nd to Fifteenth streets and
fare. 'SSFuhK avenue for one
FREQ Nv new schedule eliminates these
Ton rahsiers and virtually means a |
avenue stores. '"'''"' oi raSSyunk
passy,InIln9Lm ,IIl9m Raboff, president of the