Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-29
LIMIT ON PARKING
IS RAISED TO HOUR
IN BUSINESS AREA
Drive on "Space Hogs" to
Begin With More Lenient
Regulation.

The District Commissioners today
amended the traffic regulations to
permit automobillsts to park for one
hour In the congested section. This
allows double the time permitted at
present. which is only thirty minutes.
Under the law thirty days must
elapse before a person can be prose-
cuted for violating a new regulation.
Inspector Headley. chief Of the traffic
bureau. explained that motorists
could take advantage Immediately of
the one-hour rule, but il they stay
longer than all hour they would be
prosecuted during the next thirty
days for violating the thirty minute
rule.
In uberaiizing the parking reguIa-
known that the trafric bureau Will
strictly enforce the new regulation
permitting one hour.
Ask Sheriff. 10 Help.
The city hands also decided to se
to Col. c. o. Sheriff., officer In cha. ge
OF public buildings and grounds. ask
Ing his cooperation In solving the
parking problem by permitting long
time parking" on roadways in gov
eminent reservations surrounding
the congested sections.
They further invited Col. Sheriff. to
designate q representative OF his Of
flee to serve as a member of the
newly-created traffic board of the
District. which is composed of Maj
W. II. Holcomb, Inspector Albert j.
Headley and Assistant Corporation
Counsel Ringgold Hart. 1t was upon
the recommendation Of this board
that the parking time limit was in
creased.
Both the Commissioners and the
traffic board feel that close co-opera-
ton with your Office will aid the Dis
trict authorities very materially In
their efforts to solve the traffic prob
to Col Sheriff.. "In order therefore
that the Commissioners may have the
benefit of your views on traffic mat
tiers, the Commissioners extend to
you a cordial invitation to appoint a
representative to confer with the
traffic board and to assist the board
in framing all recommendations
which affect matters under your 5ur-
isoiction.
For All-day Parking.
THE Commissioners believe that
the problem Of parking cars in the
congested section Of town Is one Of
the most serious traffic problems con-
fronting US today.
They feel that parking in this
section should be restricted to rela-
lively short periods of time In order
that the limited space available may
be utilized by the greatest number
of people possible.
"in order. however. to provide rea-
sonably accessible space for all-day
parking, 1t Is felt that all available
streets and roadways Immediately
surrounding the congested section
time parking. With this idea in
mind, the Commissioners, therefore
request that you permit all-day
parking on the roadways surround
ing the Elipse and on other available
roadways in the public ground con-
tiguous to the congested section of
town.
1.-The traffic bureau is about to un-
dertake q campaign against long
time parking in the downtown Sec
ton, and It Is believed that public
cooperation with the efforts Of the
results Of the campaign will be more
effective II the additional parking
space in the public grounds can be
made available at an early date"
Two-Hour Spaces Remain.
In changing the time limit on park
ing downtown to one hour, the Com
missioners did not disturb that Sec
ton of the regulations which allows
two-hour parking around small parks
and reservations within the congest-
ed area with the following excep-
In that portion Of the congested
section. bounded. by the south curb
of Pennsylvania avenue, the west
curb OF 18th street, the south Of D
street, and the west curb Of 18th
street parking time Is reduced from
two hours to one hour.
At the board meeting this morn
ing. the Commissioners approved the
proposal that Congress be asked for
a supplemental appropriation of ST.
500 to continue the work Of painting
white lines on the streets for the
guidance of pedestrians.