Evening star., 1925-11-06
FIGHT ON TRAFFIC
CHANGES LOOMING
Citizens Given Right to Voice
Opinions on Pedestrian and
Truck Curb Laws.

Three matters Of outsta HdinG i'm
portance at this time were announced
at the District Building toda" follow
ing meetings Of the Board Of Commls-
sioners and the Public Utilities Com
mission. They were:
Decision to hold a public hearing in
The boa rddoom of the District Build
ing at 10 O'Clock Monday, November
l6. on the amendments to the trafhc
code recently prepared by Ira ffic Di-
rector Eldridge.
Announcement that no more inter
state motor bus lines will be author
iZed TO come into the central portion
of the city until careful study of the
motor bus situation has been made by
Mai. w. f. r. Covell of the Utilities
Commission and Col. /. G. Moller of
the traffic office.
Announcement that the Wa shington
Railway and Electric Co. has filed APP
plicatio for new bus line to supple
men local car service between Fourth
street and Central avenue nOrtheas st
and Eighteenth and | streets north
west
The city heads. at .heir board meet
ing. also approved the recommends
tion of Morris Hacker. superintendent
Of street clea ming. for the purchase of
10 additional snow plows. TO be at
tached to motor trucks in opening
lanes Of travel during snowstorms.
The fixing of a date for public hear
ings on the traffic amendment means
that these changes, several of which
are innovation in local traffic control
will not be acted upon by the Com
aictA H. .t,.,
tions and individuals have expressed
themselves.
The proposed amendment which
has resulted in most discussion is that
solid-tire trucks and horse-drawn ve-
hicles be kept off four of the main
arteries of travel except when it is
necessary for them to make deliveries
on those streets Several groups have
asked TO be heard on this proposition.
Pedestrian Law Urged.
Another amendment, which is new
in the local traffic code, is that pedes-
trians be required to obey signals
when crossing at all intersections
where policemen or automatic lights
are in use. This rule would not pro-
vide any regulation of pedestrians at
other points.
The list of amendments also includes
a number of changes in the parking
time limit, consisting principally of a
liberaliza tion to permit two-hour park
ing at number of points in the cen
trail part of the city.
The applicat ton of the Washington
Railway and Electric Co. requests
that the new bus line start at Fourth
and Central avenue northeast, south
on Fourth TO Rhode Island avenue,
west To Vermont avenue 10 Il street
TO Fifteenth, to Vermont avenue
gain, to H street to Eighteenth, to
| street. and return by substantially
the same route. The company re-
quests that the fare be 20 cents cash.
or five tokens for 45 cents. which is
the rate allowed by the Washington
Rapid Transit Co.
The announcement that no more
interstate bus lines will be allowed
10 come into the downtown section
pending further inquiry of the gen
encral situation, comes at a time
when several applications are pend
ing for new bus lines between Wash.
ington and Philadelphia, and also in
wolves the pending application of the
Washington Rapid Transit Co. TO op-
crate its Silver Spring bus line, which
now stops at Sixteenth and Buchanan
streets, down to Lincoln Memorial.
Terminal Sought.
For several months the Utilities
Commission has been endeavoring to
bring about the establishment of a
central bus terminal building in the
downtown section. from which in
terstate and nearby interurban bus
lines could operate instead of start
ing from scattered points on the
street. Some officials at the District
Building believe that the forthcoming
inquiry by Maj. Coveil and Col. Mol
Ter will lead back TO the question of
the need for bus terminal
The decision of the Commissioners
today to buy 10 more snow plows will
substantially augment the amount of
such equipment which was available
last Winter and thereby enable the
street cleaning department to open
up much larger area for the move
mnt of traffic in the city.
The additional snow plows will be
purchased from the John c. Louis Co.
of Baltimore at $245 each.