Evening star., 1920-02-15
RECOMMENDS MANY TRAFFIC
CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS

init Report of Exha
to Meeting Of Full
rrafic changes and improvement
rs recommended by the special com
mittee of the public order committee
of the Washington Board of Trade
after an exhaustive investigation. Will
he submitted to the full board at-the
meeting at the Willard Hotel Wednes-
day.
The recommendations follow:
Parking of Cars.
On account Of the numerous special
requirements for angles and positions
at various places, in parking auto
.mobiles and trucks, II is recommended
that the parking regulations be SIM
plifled to two rules.
Rule /. That all vehicles on streets
less than eighty feet wide. except one
way streets, shall park parallel to the
curb.
Rule 2. That on all other streets in
the restricted parking district, except
where trees occupy the center tad OF 'ie ;n
toward the sidewalk at an angie OF
forty-fve degrees, the right rear
wheel touching the curb.
I Rule 9 includes Pennsylvania ave
nue.. where the present center PARK
. ing is held to be a menace to pubic
safety: necessitating motorists 70
leave the curb and to cross the vstreeIS
In the middle of the blocks at an
points, causing collisions with stree.
cars. loss of life, impeding traffic,
hsmpering the fire department, in an
sverine alarms and making Pennsyi-
wanna avenue an unsightly public ga
-ob5ections of store owners at e, spe,
ciai points can be covered oS sps "tber
licensed unloading space as IN other
Aii-day parking space equal to that
Sow available in the center or tne
Avenue can be set aside at the GI.o .,,
line from 18th to eth street from I'm
n fsth street, from e. at 18th. to l4th
street on the south side OF Pennsyi-
~ania avenue, and additional aii-oaS
c~rlinr space can be set aside on the
Sorth side Of Pennsylvania avehte
from 9TH to pr s stree stree ,stS % to = at
) m pennsylyauia avenue in the re-
strtcted barking district thtrty-min-
ste parking should prevail. except ce on
public hack stands or coro n"' ''-o
1of 8uSeto -
ons-Way Streets.
ou>-~.v streets should be esAb..
s,s,v-A vheneyer in the Judgment OF
TIE police department II Is practIca'
an6 Hilvisable to. do 80. 1t Is recon-
mended that the roadway IN , lotn
street from F to H street, iSJn s. .es
GU1 New York avenue to 1 street De
keySSSSed q soon as possible. to reiieVe
tra1nc congestion.
O. - Circles.
In the interest Of safety of pedes-
trinn1 at Thomas Circle ana SCOTT
eirclo Il is recommended that venicu
lar tranlc be forced to the outer eote
81 the circles. giving true rotary trai.
! 0e. ~ increasing the reservation n
TIE Gnter OF these circles. ana mar
towing the roadways to the Apron
mate width OF the roadways now ex-
~ - ssrest a ear tracks At Thomas Cir:
clo would not be moved. but would
oass Through the extended reserva-
9Sis improvsment would compel a
necfcassd speed Of motor vehicles at
: eireles ana reduce the distance
fErouGh trafIlc for pedestrians to trav-
n NJ also prevent lines OF tramc
6on crossing each other.
- sssy snossH issosS. a e 18Th Street and
cslnmbia road and other exposed
strssE Cars.
In the interest OF public safety. the
rexulation regarding speed OF street
cars and motorman's signals to traf :
&c should be rigidly enforced street
ears should carry rear lights showing
green while moving. red when com:
Ing TO a stop, similar to system used
IN Cleveland. Ohio.
safety zones should be plainly
marked at street car stops At points
streets-for instance. on 18th street
az tar as Park road.
= Painted lines. standards or metal
markers set in pavement should be
used. and pedestrians required to
stand in safety zones or remain on
when q vehicle has once come to .
complete stop, dfteen feet behind a
street car. stopping to discharge pas
} sengers. IL should be permissible for
said vehicle to proceed with care and
caution. not faster than a walk. when
street car stops discharginz and re-
ceiviug passengers. Trafi1c olockades
are frequently formed by street cars
following each other into position at
close intervals.
The rule compelling all vehicles to
remain standing until all passengers
have reached a place of safety is un.
workable in practice. and discharged
paSsengers frequently will not seek a
place of safety for several minutes
but wait for trafiic on the opposite
side Of the street to be clear and then
walk directly across the street. This
rule is also unfair to the pedestrian
who desires to cross q street and is
detained by vehicular trafic. waiting
on pedestrians who have happened to
BE street car riders and who remain
standing in the street
Thieves and Joy 1iderx
Thieves and Joy, riders are the
same thing. The thief steals prop
erty: the Joy rider leaves property
damaged and frequently ruined, and
10 a menace to the community, both
TO life and to property. The none
tary damage caused Is usually much
greater than the amount necessary
for a grand larceny charge.
Your committee implores more
rigid and severe penalties for JOY