The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-17
"a the Editor o. ~ Ttmes

To the Editor Of The Times
The traffic problem in Indianapolis
has again required the services Of a
traffic expert from another city. In
the opinion Of some counc1lmen, as
well as others. employment of an out
side expert has met with opposition
Regardless of where this expert Is
from, he must recommend changes
and plans for the betterment Of han
ding traffic and for the saftey Of the
pedestrian.
Indianapolis has progressed wonder
fully in the last two years in going
forward toward larger cities traffic
handling plans. Heretofore. in draw
ing up traffic ordinances the mer-
chants and street railway heads have
been allowed to demand the parking
of automobiles and routing Of street
cars to their satisfaction and trying
to keep the congestion and business
en- two or three downtown corners.
With the enormous traffic, of both
automobiles and street cars that we
ordinances that will provide a channel
for the traffic to move in and not
devote time for a satisfactory park
ing plan whereby the downtown en-
ploye can drive his car down to work
in the morning and use the streets
for his garage.
The one and one-half hour parking
limit must CO.
The looping of all street cars on two
important corners should be abolished
The south side people are obJecdng
to Virginia Ave. cars not being able
to touch Washington St 1t seems
as If everybody has been drilled to
make plea for all traffic to get near
or on the three important corners on
Washington ST., pennsylvania, Me.
ridian and Illinois,. That was why
the no left turn had to be enacted on
some Of the principal corners in the
congested district. If the city had
more one way streets the handling Of
traffic would be made easier. When
you refer to other cities using this
method, we are told that is because
their streets are so narrow. I refer to
NEW lOIh lily 1OE 1IlbLdnCCt WHICH
has hundreds Of one way streets, and
they are as wide as N. Meridian ST.
from the eight hundred block ON
north.
would suggest that Meridian st.
be made a one way street from GeoE-
gia st. north.
Illinois st. is to be wtdened and
resurfaced and 1t could be made a
one way street to handle southbound
traffic
East Washington st. is burdened
ton traffic. New York St. being
so narrow and rough that the major
ity use Washington st. East Wash
i1gton with the heavy traffic II ham
dies should have no parking from
Southeastern Ave. east. Thirty min
ute parking limit in the congested
district and fiat to the curb with a
strong enforcement Of three feet in
front and three feet in back sepa-
rating a reasonable distance for park
ers to get in and, out The latter part
of the aforesaid sentence has never
been enforced in Indianapolis and that
is the reason the pubic has objected
TO this method Of parking.
The skip-stop system Of street cars
should never have been abolished here.
The system increased the speed Of
service and It would also speed up the
vehicle traffic If used now.
Pedestrian traffic should be made
to walk with the signal in the down
town area and provision should be
made for two lines Of traffic to move
at all times downtown and with the
repairing Of street car tracks pave
1nent, so that the crossings would be
smoother, traffic could move much
faster.
VERN H. EARLE.