Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-07
NEW TRAFFIC
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N&@-N~--NO@
within the block to travel in the Oppo
site direction instead of going to the
street intersection to make the turn.
80. That zone markers be placed in
in immovable manner directly in front
of entrances to theaters and hotels, and
at all other places where parking is
not permitted
80. That officers whose duties are to
enforce parking regulations be assigned
new districts each week.
I'll That right-hand turns be made
only out of one-way alleyways, and out
of the postoffice driveway on Meridian
street.
'13. That the streets be kept clearly
marked for parking spaces. That all
streets entering Meridian street from the
east and the west, from New York street
to Fall Greek boulevard, be marked on
the pavement with a heavy white line,
and the word stop"
ALL MARKERS TO BE
PAINTED WHITE.
"13. That all markers be painted white
in order to be easily visible, and thac
no one be allowed to place markers Tor
the delineation of private parking
spaces upon a permit secured from the
police department.
IA. That in all alleys and narrow
streets in the congested district, on
1hirtieth street from Fall Creek boule-
ward to the canal, on all OF Sixteenth
street, on Marlowe avenue, and On New
York street east of Randolph street,
vehicles be parked flat to the curb on
only the north side of the street, and in
such a manner as to leave ample space
for the free passage OF traffic.
a.15 THAT tbis city adopt the plan now
II, effect in Detroit Of collecting penalties
for infractions of parking rules without
A trial before the city Judge.
''16 That at school houses janitors be
given police authority to regulate traffic
at necessary times of the day, and that
at places like the Kahn Tailoring Com
many on North Capitol avenue some en-
pIoye be given similar power in order to
save assignment of traffic officers for
the short time required"
COMMITTEE ATTEMPTS
TO FIND SOLUTION.
The following general statement con
corning its investigation was made by the
committee:
''Your committee, appointed to study
the parking conditions in indianapolis.
and to make recommendations for the re-
lief OF coagestion in the streets, has given
this(na.ter careful thought and has made
aSdthoyough an investigation of the prob
- & Eonnected with it as the available
Is v seemed to permit. This work has
80 done in the most public spirited de-
ire to find the most satisfactory solution
Pfor the traffic situation on our streets. To
that end the committee made a study Of
methods of traffic regulation and condi
ton in other cities in the hope that from
their experience, lessons could be learned
that would be applicable in Indianapolis
"One of the problems every city has is
how it shall accommodate people who
drive automobiles into the cOngested dis
tricts and who find 1t necessary to remain
longer than the time limit permits for
parking. The inconvenience of going out
to move the automobile at intervals dur
ing the transaction of business, to avoid
the penalty of occupying a parking space
too long. is not the only inconvenience.
The very effort to keep within the law
as to the time limit makes more traffic
ald congestion on the street. But a plan
which would allow a few who happened
to arrive early, to monOpolize the parking
space for an indefinite length of time
would be still more Objectionable, so