Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-12
STREETS BLOCKED
BY PARKED AUTOS
Machines Lining Both Sides Of
1horoughfares Force Vehicles
70 Use Car Tracks
NEW RULES AWAIT SIGNS

Dozens of complaints concerning vio-
,stion Of the parking regulations pour
d,,lv into the Office Of Superintendent
Mills.
Complaints come from motormen. au-
,omobilists and trolley riders who have
bcen held up by dump carts or other
wagons unable to get out Of the trolley
tricks because Of trucks and auto
mobiles parked on both sides of one
way streets.
Through the narrow chasm formed by
the vehicles lining the curb traffic must
wend its way. Sometimes columns
blocks In length are delayed because n
horse drawn vehicle is unable to turn
ont at the trolley's warning bell.
Eighth Ninth. Tenth and Eleventh
streets north Of Arch seem to have the
most fragrant violators. Automobiles
and trucks are. parked so closely to.
rether II is imnossible for vehicles TO
turn out and allow trolleys and faster
moving traffic to pass.
New Rules to Stop Congestion
When told Of the existing conditions
on some of the streets north of Arch
street Superintendent Mills said:
"There Is really nothing we can do
now to correct the congestion resulting
from the unlawful parking of vehicles
on both sides Of the street.
"The new traffic regulations and their
amendments. which wer" passed by
Council. however. will clear this con.
sested condition and open the main
arteries Of traffic between points north
and south Of Arch street.
Eve are having signs painted which
will warn truck drivers and automobile
owners of the regulations and IL they
fail to obey them they will receive sum-
mons.
/ THE signs will be finished IN about
a week and then traffic regulations will
be rigidly enforced"
The new code of regula tions which
Council passed on has not been enforced
because of insufficient time in which to
have the parking standards paifitcd and
placed in their positions.
.. The traffic regulations as they have
been amended make the district bounded
by Pine street. Vine street, Seventh
street and the Schuylkill River fifteen
minute parking zone.
In addition TO this regulation park
ing Of all kinds will be prohibited in
the morning and evening rush hours on
Market street. and Arch street from the
Schuylkill River 10 Seventh street. and
on Broad street from South street to
Montgomery avenue.
The rush hours have been decided
upon as to o'clock in the morning
and i 30 to 30 o'clock in the evening.
During these hours no parking will be
permitted in the district.
Large standards with concrete bases
similar to the ones now used by the
police department to inform vehicular
traffic of the parking regulations will
be placed in every block.
The new standards have black let.
tcring on u red background and weigh
more than two hundred pounds.
A one. hour parking limit provided
district from Girard avenue to South
street between the Delaware and
Schuylkill Rivers. with the exception
Of the central area west of Seventh
street and between Vine and Pine
streets.
New One Way Streets
In many sections traffic has been tied
up by heavy vehicles such rs trucks
and dump carts. on one way streets.
Because Of this condition streets have
been marked out in the regulations
which will be used for one-way traffic
exclusively.
;. Under ppd Superintendent Mlls amendment
TO the traffic code tho following streets be-
come one.way thoroughfares:
den Ssn srre s'rsS aS spring 'ar
Juniper street. north. between South Penn
Square and Vine street.
JsqDtr strse, south between South Penn
street and the Parkway. ~ .
atr EiRhth
street and Twenty-fourth street.
Green street. east. betwsen Twenty-second
Qte street, west. between the Delaware
River and Fifteenth street.
Poplar street. cast. between Delaware ave-
nut and Thirty-frst street.
Parrish street. west between Fifth street
Brown street. east. between Delaware ave-
nue. ana Twenty.ninth street. >,,,..
Cs9wh street sss Ss'Fssn FiS.1 Della
Wood street. west. between Broad street
wT99d street: east: between Broad street
sSsTT to yibess he sohSslSlll GHi. RiSer. @ ~ ,"'
nue. and the Schuyikill River.
rlbert street. west, between Seventh street
South Penn square. east. between Juniper
street and Fifteenth street.
Clover street. west between Twelfth and
Morayian street. cast. between Broad and
Fifteenth streets.
Chancellor street. west. between Broad and
Fifteenth street.
Signs to Direct Turns
The Traffic Control System has been
adopted by City Council rs a valuable
remedy for congested traffic conditions.
Under this system the driver or Oper-
ator desiring to turn to the left or right
at street intersection shall pull to the
right hand curb. come to full stop In
space set out by signs, and then pro.
coed to the left or right at the signal of
the foot trafficmen.
AL left hand turns are prohibited
from any and all intersecting streets on
Market to Arch from Seventh street to
the Schuylkill River and IN Broad
street from South street to Erie ave.
nue..
No vehicle within the section bounded
oy Broad street South street, Erie ave-
nue. and the Schuylkill River will be
permitted to make a left hand turn ex :
eeept as provided under the Traffic Turn
Control System.