Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-27
BIG CHANGEN
TRAFFIC RULES
RECOMMENDED
'Flat-to-Curb' Parking In
dOrsed by Joint Com
mittee.
RELIEF NEED SHOWN

Flat-to- the-curb parking throughout
the city, elimination Of practically all
left-hand turns in the congested district
and possible change Of the downtown
parking limit from one and one half
hours to one hour or less were important
changes in the traffic code discussed at a
conference Of the board of public safety
with five members Of the city council and
a committee from the Indianapolis chap
ter Of the American Association Of Engi-
neers at the city hall last night.
1t was decided that the traffic or
dinance. standing as 1t does with numer-
Gus amendments that make 1t confusing,
should be repealed and an entirely new
ordinance embodying all Of the old pro
visions desired and the changes which
may be decided upon as advantageous
should be passed by the council VII
liam T. Bailey. attorney for the board Of
safety, was instructed to draw an or
dinauce embodying the old and new pro
visions and present 1t for consideration
at another conference to be held next
Thursday evening.
In general. the men at last nights
meeting were in favor Of extending flat
to-the curb parking to downtown streets
some expressing the belief that angle
parking should be kept on Washington
street because Of its width and bead-on
parking in the Circle because Of the one
way traffic rule in force there. There
was practically no objection to elimtnat-
ing congestion producing angle parking
from the narrower streets, # was re-
ported.
The "no-left-turn" rule also found
favor, but # was said that the city
councilmen do not favor reduction Of the
downtown parking limit.
The conference took up the reports Of
the two committees Of which Mayor sam
uel Lewis Shank asked recommendations
several weeks ago and Of the engineering
association committee with the purpose
OF taking from each those features which
would properly dOvetan.
President Ernest Kingston Of the
board Of safety, said that the board has
decided no ito consider further the rec
ommendation that Meridian street and
Capitol avenue he made one-way streets
from the business district to Fall Greek.
The board hiss been Informed he said.
that in other cities the establishment OF
one-way thoroughfares has resulted In
the TRIPPING Of their traffic load. Ne
ridian street and Capitol avenue now are
so congested that 1t Is difficult to cross
them and If the north and south traffic
highways would amount practically 10
solid walls which cross-town traffic
could scarcely penetrate in rush hours,
Mr.. Kingston said.
The conference, however, was kindly
disposed toward q rule requiring all east
and west traffic to come to full stop
before crossing Capitol avenue Illinois
and Meridian streets between Georgia
street and Maple road boulevard, ex-
cepting at points controlled by traffic
policemen. The intersections in these
limits are those at which most Of the
accidents occur, according TO the board
Of safety records.
Councilmen at the conference were
Lloyd D. Claycombe, John f. King, Ira
L. BramhIett, Ben Il. Thompson and
Heydon w. Buchanan. Engineers at
tending were lie Grand Marvin, L. E.
Radcliffe, T. W. Mccullough, a. T.
Keough and S. T. Ferguson,