Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-08
SPEED|ER TROLLEY
SERVICE IS URGED
Traffic Experts See Faster
Street Cars as One of
Congestion Cures.
BY 7. c. ROYIE.
Special Dispatch 50 The star.

Special Dispatch 20 The star.
NEW YORK, February S.-City
streets arc primarily intended to provide
movement space" not parking space.
That is the basic discovery IN Detfoit'
where most of the automooiles are
made and many of them arc USED. Alter
a study of traffic conditions there. Gus
tsy C Shink, director OF traffic. says
practically all street pavement on main
travelled city streets must be reserved
for moving vehicles His stand is backed
bv scores of municipal executives
throughout the country.
The stopnaee OF vehicles at the curb
for loading and diScharsing passengers,
Shink ADDS. while not conducive 10
uninterrupted traffic flow. must DOUBT
less be continued but it is obvious that
"curb terminals" are as necessary as
movement lanes" However, stoppage
A. curhs in the business district should
be considered shopping function and
insisted on as such.
Garage Space Available.
The survey of the Department Of
Commerce shows that In main business
centers shopping functions involve
stop Of less than half an hour in 81
per cent of the cases. OF half TO one
hour in 40 per cent and of over one
hour in per cent. In the cities sur
veyed. garage or paid parking lacliitles
we're available for 1000 more cars imam
we're SO stored. The cars parked on the
streets over one hour. while amounting
t. only per cent of the total. useo
three times their number OF hourly
parking spaces.
In IIistice to the merchants OF any
city. Shink SAYS. the curb space shouio
be devoted to those actually shopping
or carving on bona-fide business
transactions. and storage OF venlcles
should be prohibited at the sides OF mn
pcrtant business streets: That IS !ne
basis on which many cities are trying
60 solve their trafhc problems.
coI Samuel p. Wetherill. jr., Of Phila-
6elnhia chairman of the Regional Plan
ring Federation Of the Tri-State DIS
trict. estimates that traffic congestion
is causing the section OF New jersey
pennsylvania and Delaware which Phil
sdeIphia centers S400000 day. he
advocates super highways TO pass
around the large centers
The street railway executives recognize
thoroughly that they must play leao-
ing part in the alteration OF .fauiC
conditions. Traffic. said one OF the
leaders in the electric railway nelo'
must keep on the move or ole; I'M
movements Oh fElkDus NypSS
r.unication and transportation. he SAID:
Rad brought about a state OF mino
where the public was Impatient OF oe-
lay.
Lcisureiy Operated Trolley.
III we are caught in such delay IN
a street car" he continued. our I'M
patience becomes intense. Nearly
every one while riding in an automooNe
at some time has been caught in tramc
signal DELAYS behind a street car. Tnelr
first thought is a desire for some meth
cd O! operation which will let their
automobile get By the car There al
ways will be some delays. but they will
b. vastly fever as we come TO know
how to handle traffic
The one great irritant however. is
the ieisU-ely operated street car OF the
old style. The newer type. the car witt,
quick acceleration and rapid movement,
Is I'D in front Of all traffic delays and
when the signal changes. Is of and
away before the automobiles get into
second speed.
The necessary speed for street cars