Evening star., 1928-04-22
SUPERH|GHWAY
SYSTEM URGED
Motor Executive Suggests
Remedies for Increasing
Traffic.

trafic jam--but it is slowly extricatins
Stself through intelligent traffic regula-
ton and highway planning, This OBJ
servation was made recently in an In
terview by ]. D. Mooney, automobile
export president
Eventually, Mr.. Mooney believes, su-
perhighway systems will make week end
motor trips pleaSurable. even III the con-
Rested centers, but until these systems
can actually be realized We must adopt
such emergency measures as the mid
week plan" which is now being tried IN
Europe.
The "nlidweek plan" is expected to
partially solve the increasingly veXing
problem growing out Of week END traffic
congestion along the main-traveled
highways,
Test This Summer.
Il simply means that as many people
who can viii take their weekly half
holiday on Wednesday or THURSDAY m
stead Of Saturday, thus making 1t poSSi-
bic for most Of them who enjoy motor
ing 10 really enjoy it. In several Euro
pean cities the Saturday hai-holloay
has been discontinued. The ''midweek
plan will get its first real test tins
Summer.
THE traffic jam" according to M.
Mooney. is nothing more than pad
case Of highway indigestion caused oy
impropar assimilation, overteeulng ana
nervousness. the latter figure OF speech
representing the impatient driver always
In a hurry TO so no place in particular,
The disease is naturally more acute
In the congeSted centers Of the NO a.
II is not particularly American in Its
locale. as it can be found In varying
stages in virtually every country.
II so happens that Mr.. Mooney has
the finest collection Of Tattic-la PIC
lures that have ever been placed on
view. He sent seven crews OF move
caneramen around the world TO get
them. and they reveal traffic problems
everywhere.
Cure Is Proposed.
The cure prescribed for this highway
arterio scieroSiS, which seems TO have
developed along with the growth OF au-
tomotivs transportation. is mainly to pe
found in the Superhighway system
properly regulated BY superhlgnWay
Nr. Mooney conceiveS system of one
way boulevards running 70 and from All
important centerS, separating neaVy
commercial trafic from light-car trafhc
and avoiding all grade crossings. ms
system will supercede the present high
vav system. still a u1akeshift, juSt as
the latter superceded our old system OF
bad dirt roads, which would still be bad
had il not been for the automobile.
The supersystem viii be built ior
future generations. II Is aTeaoy
In process Of planning IN CIT
les and countries around the world IN
fact. certain short stretches have al
ready been completed. DetroIt eA-
tension OF Woodward avenue 10 Pontiac,
Mich along the route of the Dixie High
wav. is a type Of superhighway. Some
dav the fun length Of the Dixie High
wsv-frora Canada to the sonthernToSt
Tin of Florida-will be two-waT. 1our-
traction. concrete, uperthoroughiare.
The rapid growth OF commercial trai-
fc demands the construction OF sepa-
rate highways for that type OF trans
ror4atior. Long Island. for instance
DESPITE its many new trunk lines. nnos
its highways inadequate 70 hold the
ever increasing commercial traTnc ana
nov IS planning a commercial Wanc
highway from Manhattan 10 the Slano
tip al Montauk. Wilmington, Del; IS
one Of the many cities OF the woTic ttaaI
has taken the trafsc problem seIlolsly
and has set out 10 evolve masIeE plan
of regional highways co-oruinatmg
TRANSPORTATION on land. water and
through the air.
AUTO StiH Novelty.
There are some countries. Mr.. Mooney
finds. wherein the automobile Is Just
coming into wide usage. Tnese coun-
tries either have ancient highway sys-
fer1g ar none At all. but all Of them
have come TO recognize good roads as
economic necessities Tne Latin Amer
tcan countries are making rapid strides
in highway building. Mexico mas pro-
sected a highway TO run between Me1i-
co City and Laredo, Tex. Is there any
better means Of creating international
good feeling than through the Dulioing
cf international highways
one Of the most ambitious highway
rlang of the day is one that would see
fhe COMPLETION Of a modern thorough
fare from Cape Town, South Africa. 70
CARO-. Egypt. When this plan Is real
szed. and II win be, Nr. Mooney VIII
have the distinction Of having iurtner-
&c the project just little, Tor az TINS
VERY time there Is a motor trail-blaZlng
@EgNL4aAA4& NygAIA24H s~@ @@E ~
Yni,te under the sponsorship of General
TT0f0re South African, Ltd, one OF the
overseas plants Of General Motors uTl-
der Mr. MONEYS jurisdiction.
modern concrete highway from
Cairo 10 Cape Town would connect with
regular train service between Cairo and
london. soon 10 be irauguFated over
2 o00-rniIe route and through il co1n-
tries. with the exception Of ferry
crossing between Turkey IN Europe and
Turkey In Asia. and a g~hOur motor car
3ourney from Calais 70 Cairo, THIS trip
Wi! be made In luxurious sleeping cars.
The trip viii require about six days. but
this schedule is eventually 10 be reduced
% less than FIVE days.
Short Journey Seen.
Locking forward 10 the day when
there Will BE- high-speed highway from
Cairo " Cape Town and using the soon
t9-De~stsrted rail schedule between Lon
dor anc Cairo as basis of calculation,
II Is net difficult 70 visualize trip
from london 70 Cape Town Ia 10 OF IL
days When this Is Accomplished, Cecil
Rhodes dream viii have been accom-
pllsllec
The s1peFhlgbway system, co-ordi-
mated with travel by AIR and gaIer viii
beCogfe gEa3lty DIT NAlis We are walt
sng for H. Mr. Mooney believes that we
car help relieve congestion a lot by
merely adopting 4 sensible code of
highway manners and habits" which
vii 10 the interim aid highway indigeg-
ton" That CSoe should include con-
eldegataoI by the naot0rlst ~ the pedes~
fFisn and vice yeTSa. careful handling
sgf fngtgr vehicles by their drivers and
the elimination " unnecessary "1gy
x1ding"