Evening star., 1928-12-27
Commissioners Make Pro-
posaIs Public Without Com
ment-Awaiting Reaction.
EXTENDED CONGESTED
AREAS RECOMMENDED
Director Says Suggested Amend
ments, All Minor, Have Ap-
proval of Council.

Traffic Director William H. Harland
today submitted list of 80 proposed
changes in traffic regulations to the
District Commissioners for their atten-
ton. The changes are mostly of a
minor nature, affecting certain small
stretches of streets where existing regu-
,ations have been criticized by resi-
dents or merchants.
The Commissioners today made public
the list without comment. No action
will be taken until the public has had
time to express its views relative to the
proposed changes.
In submitting the list Mr.. Harland
said the amendments were of such
character that the motorist will not be
required to memOriZe them, with this
exception, they are enforceable with the
proper signs. The amendments, Mr..
Harland wrote, have been concurred In
by the traffic council and by Inspector
E. w. Brown, commanding officer of the
Traffic Bureau.
Would Extend C0ngested Zone.
The most important amendment. re-
ferred to by Mr.. Harland as one which
will have to be memorized by motorists,
seeks to extend the congested zone,
where the limit on parking is one
hour, from K street to L street
on the north side, and from Seven
teenth to Eighteenth street on the west
side.
II. street is fast becoming business
street." Mr.. Harland wrote. land we
received a petition from the business
men on this street asking for change
in the parking conditions. 1t was the
consensus of the traffic council, con-
Cured in by Mr. Eldridge and Inspector
Brown, that the congeSted area should
be changed as proposed.
Another proposed change would add
Wisconsin avenue from M street to
Massachusetts avenue to the list OF
boulevard highways. Mr.. Harland be-
lieveS that because Of the narrow road
way and the heavy traffic 1t is in the
interest Of public safety to place stop
signs along this line. This also would
make Wisconsin avenue a connecting
link with Massachusetts avenue, which
is an arterial avenue at this point, Mr..
Harland believes.
Another proposed boulevard highway
is Eleventh street southeast from B
street to the north approach Of the
Anacostia Bridge. Sixteenth street
from u street to Kalmia road is recon-
mended as an arterial highway because
of the recent concrete improvement
done in that section.
recommendation was made to in
crease the speed limit on Pennsylvania
Avenue Bridge southeast for passenger
vehicles to % miles an hour, due to the
new bituminous surface and the ade-
quate guard rails furnished for the
bridge.
Would Clarity Code.
The remaining regulations mostly
cover small stretches of proposed one
way streets and reWording of the traffic
regulations so as to secure clearer rul-
ings on the parking regulations affect
ing various isolated small stretches of
highway.
It is recommended that no parking be
permitted, for instance, on Connecticut
avenue between M and Eighteenth
streets because of the narrowneSS Of
the roadway there, and that the no
parking restriction be removed on Con-
necticut avenue between street and
Columbia road during the early and late
rush hour periods due to the recent
widening of the avenue.
One of the proposed regulations seeks
a better basis in law for establishment
of temporary and emergency no parking
signs by adding a paragraph to the
regulations specifically prohibiting park
ing where official no parking signs are
erected.