Evening star., 1923-06-08

Commissioner Oyster made a def
| mite announcement this afternoon
that a number of one-way streets
now in effect will be made perma-
nent. He instructed Inspector Head
ley TO submit a report this afternoon
designing the thoroughfares on which
the one-way rule should remain.
The Commissioner said he was ask
ing for an immediate recommends
ton in order that the Commissioners
might act in time to establish one
way streets before the temporary
regulations expire Sunday hight
The Commissioner also declared
| that he is considering. with his col
leagues, abolishing angle parking in
favor of parallel parking. which. he
believes. would leave more space for
| passing traffic and reduce accidents
| resulting from motorists backing out
! from the curb into the lane Of NOV
| ing vehicles.
The smooth and frictionless running
OF automobile traffic during the Shrine
convention has brought strongly to the
fore the necessity of the permanent es-
tablishment Of the one-way streets nov
in effect according 70 a consensus Of
opinion in Washington.
Ease of operation, comparative free
| dom from accidents and absence of long
| traffic delays at intersections in the
most congested traffic ever experienced
| in the District have convinced local
motorists that the solution for the ma
Jority of downtown traffic evils lies in
! retaining one-way streets.
Backed by Board of Trade.
| The Board of Trade special traffic
! committee. under the leadership of
! w. Pearce Rayner an acknowledged
expert on traffic. and numbering l..
its members those who were called
! in for consultation on new regula-
| tions for the District. is on record
| in urging the full use of one-way
| streets. The committee has pointed
out that Washington is far behind
other cities in this matter and that
| congested downtown traffic will re-
| main as long as the obsolete idea Of
| tWo-way streets is maintained.
The Shrine convention is said to
| have proved the committees conten-
tion. Motorists have been delighted
with the way in which they could
tions. Comments have been heard
on all sides on "Washingtons step
forward"
Favor Wholesale Scheme.
That the oneway streets for the
convention have been adopted whole
sale and not pIecemeal has drawn
the commendation of the committee
a statement on this subject reads
We believe that 1t is unfair To
the public and to the merchants To
adopt one-way streets piecemeal but
y nla iy,
operation be put into effect perma-
nently so that no street Will be less
desirable for business purposes than
another"
Advocates of permanent one way
streets point out that they afford
easy access to bus.A~ss houses on
beth sides of the streets. and that
turning big cars around IS not neces-
sary, because parking is allowed on
each side.
They also suggest that more than
one-half of time required for park
| ing will be eliminated. Maneuverfng
backing, pulling out and other an
noyances will be entirely done away
with. with the consequent speeding
up of traffic.
Members of this committee include,
! Alexander Britton, DIR. Gregg Custis.
William Lanham. William Lackett
Theodore p. Noyes and Charles
Waters.
hudOiDh FaHOrs keeping Some.
That some of the one-way streets
now in effect should be made per
manent is the opinion of Commits
sioner Rudolph. The Commissioner
made it clear, in his first expression
today on continuance of certain Of
the special regulations. that if park :
ing privileges are returned to normal.
one-way streets should be perman-
emily established.
Commissioner Rudolph said that he
believed that the city should either
curtail the parking privileges or
keep the new type streets. He said
he did not believe that both are nee
essary.
Commissioner oyster. who has di-
rect charge of traffic matters already
has made known his belief that the
during Shrine week and should be
made permanent.
Oyster Sees Benefit.
Capt oyster does not think there is
need for as many permanent oue-way
streets as are in effect for Shrine
| week. He mentioned three specific
thoroughfares he believes should be
made one-way permanently.
Jackson and Madison place. which
abut Lafayette Square, and 18th
street from New York avenue to II
| street.
THE remarkably small number of
automobile accidents during the,
Shrine convention, when thousands
of strangers were added to the local
population, demonstrates" said Com :
missioner Oyster, that the people of
Washington can make the streets
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