Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-06
40 new TRAFFIC
/ CHANGES LISTED
by commissioners
marking in Front Of Street
Barbados Prohibited
Under Rules.
OTHER ALTERATIONS
REFER TO PARKING
Two Streets Designated as Boule-
yard Highways Speed
Limits Raised.

/ tends the congested section, In which
| one-hour parking Is allowed, from K to
L. street on the north and from Sew
enteenth to Eighteenth streets on the
west. The changes are in the main
those which relate to parking, one-way
streets, the speeds allowed on certain
streets and bridges, and similar matters
| that are taken care of by putting up
| signs None of them calls on the
| for regulation prohibiting parking in
| front of barricades set up to close
streets. The regulations as approved
must be advertised and become effec-
tive 80 days after the advertisement
| has run.
The regulations were recommended to
the city heads by TRAFFIC Director VIII
! liam H. Harland December II, 1923.
with a report that the traffic council
concurred in the recommendations. The
reason given for extending the con-
gested zone is that L street is fast be-
coming a business street Business men
on this street petitioned the Commits
sioners to include 1t in the congested
section, and the traffic director on con-
sidering the petition came to the con-
clusion that the zone should be ex-
| tended as above.
Two B0ulevards Designated.
Wisconsin avenue from M street to
Massachusetts, avenue and Eleventh
street southeast from B street to the
north approach to the Anacostia Bridge
are made boulevard highways, and the
arterial highway on Sixteenth street is
extended from Alaska avenue to Kali
mia road, and the speed limit to this
| extension raised to 80 miles per hour.
The speed limit on Pennsylvania Ave-
nue. Bridge is raised from Is to % miles
| per hour for passenger vehicles and to
| 10 and Is miles an hour for pneumatic
and solid tired trucks respectively
Parking is barred at all times on Con-
necticut avenue from M to Eighteenth
streets. on the west side, and the re-
striction on parking on the west side of
Connecticut avenue between S street
and Columbia road is removed on &C.
count of the widening of Connecticut
avenue in that section. Parking is for
| hidden at any time on Defrees street
| from North Capitol to First street on
/ the south side. Two hour parking is
allowed on F street between Seventeenth
and Nineteenth streets from am. to s
pm, on account Of the streets recently
having been made one-way eastbound.
Parking on H street between Eighteenth
| two hours on the north side between 8
am. and pm. No parking at any time
is allowed on the south side of M street
between Wisconsin avenue and No. S
Engine House.
Parking is also forbidden at. all times
on Newton place from Georgia avenue
to Sixth street, on the south side of Oak
street from Sixteenth to Center streets,
on the north side of Prospect avenue
| from Wisconsin avenue to Potomac
street. on the inner or outer curbs of
Thomas circle and on the east side of
! Woodley place from Calvert street to
| Cathedral avenue.
! The restriction against parking at any
| time on the east side of Tenth street
| from F street TO New York avenue is
removed on account of the widening Of
Tenth street at this point Widening
| of Thirteenth street was also response
| BILE for the elimination Of the parking
| prohibition on the flow sides of the
street between Massachusetts, avenue
| and Iowa Circle during rush hours.
The no-parking restriction on Thir-
| tenth street between Monroe street
and Spring road Is to be extended
south to Kenyon street. This restric-
ton is effective only on the west side
| from 8 to 9:15 am. and on the east
side from to s pm. The extension
was due to installation Of traffic lights
at the intersections of Thirteenth street
with Park road and Monroe street.
Parking is to be prohibited on the
east side of Sixteenth street for a dis
lance Of 165 feet north OF Columbia
road at all times to allow two lanes
of northbound traffic on Sixteenth
street Immediately north of Columbia
road, one to make q left-hand turn
into Harvard and Mount Pleasant
streets and the other for through trafflc
Parking is eliminated on the west
side of Seventeenth street between
Pennsylvania avenue and H street from
s to 9:15 am. and on the east side
between F and H streets between
and pm. and on Twentieth street
between Connecticut and Virginia ave-
nues on the west side from 3 to 9.15
am. and on the east side from 4 to- 6
pm.
Parking Limits Established.
The parking restrictions on twenty
fifth street between q street and Penn
Sylvania avenue and on Twenty-sixth
street between r street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue are eliminated. Parking
Is forbidden at all times on Benning
road northeast between Fifteenth and
Sixteenth streets, and restricted to one
hour on II street northeast from Sec.
ond to Fifteenth streets between 8 am.
and 10 pm.
Thirty parking is imposed on
Massachusetts avenue northeast from
First to North Capitol streets and for
hidden at all times on Myrtle street
from North Capitol to First street
northeast.
Parking is forbidden on Rhode Island
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Twelfth street on the north side from
to els am. and on the south side
from 4 to pm.
Parking is forbidden at any time on
Nicholas avenue from Anacostia Bridge
to Good Hope road. @ street northeast
from Maryland avenue to Thirteenth
streets, ~ street from Sixth to Six-ar1d-
a-half street, and Twelfth street SOUTH
east from G to I streets will be closed
to through trafic from 1890 to l0:45
am to give children in nearby schools
place to play during recess.
Belmont road is made a one-Way
street for eAstbound traffic from Con-
necticut avenue TO Waterside drive; g
street northeast between Sixth and
Thirteenth streets for eastbound trail
nc; Harvard street between Columbia
road and Argonne place for northhound
nue. to Seventh street for eastbound
traffic. The one-way restriction on
Hiatt place Is removed.
/ The alley from 1884 Euclid street 70
Twelfth street is to be used for north
bound trafic only; trafic shall enter
from II street and leave from Seven
teenth street to the alley between
II and I streets, Connecticut avenue and
Seventeenth street; trafic shall enter
from L street and leave by De sales
street, the alley between /. and De Sales
street, Connecticut avenue and Seven
teenth street.
The prohibition against traflc on
Seventeenth street crossing Pennsylvania
avenue is removed, but left hand turns
are prohibited 1T this intersection be-
tween and e:15 am. and and pm.
Parking Is prohibited on the now
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