Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-10
VOTE WIDE REVISION
Of TRAFFIC RULES
D. c. Commissioners Approve
Scores of Changes Covering
Every Phase of Problems.

More than threescore changes in
the District traffic code. involving a
number OF new amendments in re.
visions OF existing regulations, were
approved today by the Commission.
ers on recommendation OF Traffic Di.
rector William H. Harland. The ma
1ority OF the changes have been under
consideration since last Summer
when a move was made by Mr.. Har
land TO have the book Of traffic resu
ta'ions condensed and simplified.
The most important Of the new regu.
Iations forbid the parking OF vehicles
within % feet OF any stop" sign:
require each car In a funeral rro-
cession TO operate with headlights
illuminated and create five new houle>
ward highways. The other nsw regula.
tons require motorists 20 report any
change OF address TO the director OF
traffic and the superintendent Of Ii.
ceDses within As hours after the
change is made: forbids the parking
of automobiles for the purpose OF
making repairs except those OF a
minor nature, and then only in the
case of an emergency. and also forhids
the parking Of automobiles in spaces
set aside for motor bus stops. 4 num-
ber OF new parking restrictions also
are established.
Two-Hour Limit Set.
Two-hour parking limits are estab-
iished on Wisconsin avenue between
M and y streets and on Washington
street between am. and s pm. Park
Ing Is forbidden at any time on the
west side OF Wisconsin avenue be-
tween = and Volta place. Parking
will not be permitted on the east side
of Woodley place from Calvert street
10 Cathedral avenue AT any time. and
II will be restricted on Seventeenth
street between NJ and streets from
I 10 8 pm. Parking also will be Ieo.
hibiied ~ any time on Twenty.sixth
street between F stree; and Pennsyl-
vania avenue and on the west side of
Twentytifth street between G street
and Pennsylvania avenue.
New One.Way Routes.
Parking also Is restricted under the
new regulations on the north sides
of Church and Cochran streets. be-
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets: on tho north side OF kalo-
rama road. between Ontario road and
Champlain street: on the east side OF
Mount Pleasant street. from Lamont
street to Park road. between S and
$50 pm. and on the east side OF
Mount Pleasant street between Park
road and Newton street at any time
Parking also will bo prohibited AT any
time on the south side OF Il street
between New Hampshire avenue and
Thirteenth street and on the south
side OF II street between Rhode Is.
land avenue and Seventh street.
The revised regulations also estah.
lish new one-way thoroughfarcs as
follows; + street from Seventeenth 10
Twentyrsixth street for easthound traf.
fic only: q street from Seventeenth to
Twenty sixth streets for westbound
traffic only: Highland terrace for west.
bound traffic only: l. street from New
York avenue 10 Massachusetts avenue.
Tor wcstbound traffic only: NJ street
between Thomas Circle aud New
Jersey avenue. for eastbound trasttc
only; Wiltherger street for south
bound tratfic only: Gales street north.
east. from Fifteenth To Seventeenth
street. for easthound tratsic only .
kosedale street northeast, FROM FIJI,
teenth 10 Seventeenth streets, for
westhound traffic only. and tha south
side of stanton Square for easthound
traffic only.
Bouievar,is Designated.
The now boulevard highways deSis-
mated are: X street from Florida ave.
huo northeast to Seventh street north
west, Thrtcehth street from Iowa Cir
clio Ia Iowa avenue, Nichols avenue
from Good Hope road Ia Upsal street ;
Florida avenue frem Fifteenth and n
streets northeast te khode Island ave,
nuo ana Massachusetts avenue from
Sheridan Circle a. the District line.
The revised code contains Tor the
nrst time definition Of a boulevard
hishway which reads as. follows;
"A highway. or part thereof. des-
isnated by regulation. ON which the
speed limit II - miles an hour. To-
Gated In the more denseiy populated
sections ot tho District OF Colum-
hia, on which vehicnlar traffic has
tho right Of way. except when con-
trolled hy slsnai lishts cr tratttc
officer"
keVisions In existing regulations
adopted by the Commissioners pro-
vide that at traffic llshts er where
officers ara posted drivers naktng
turns shall Weld tho rtsht of way To
crasaing pedestrians They also sttpu
hate that un all designated hoateNarsis
and artarial highways Through Uaii,e
shalt have the right of way,
Among the other reeisions ave; A
regulation giving vehicles Ut the r,re,
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