Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-10
ASKS FOR REMOVAL
OF SIGNAL LIGHTS
Citizen Suggests Police Con-
troll Traffic at Prominent
Street Intersection.

Expressing doubt as to the FEAST
bility of traffic signal light control at
New Hampshire and Georgia avenues
Fred S. Walker. president of the Park
View Citizens Association, in a letter
to the District Commissioners today
asks that the lights now in operation
be removed and the intersection re-
stored to police control
Mr.. Walker contends that the Excess
sive number Of automobiles making
left turns from New Hampshire into
Georgia avenue at certain hours makes
It impossible for any traffic light syS-
TEN to accommodate the traffic flow.
Text Of Walkers Letter.
He wrote to the Commissioners as
follows:
"As a resident of Rock Greek Church
road. living near Georgia avenue,
wish to indorse the recommendation OF
the traffic director to make Rock Greek
Church road a one-way street, east
bound. AS a resident I will go even
further and ask that it be closed to
traffic in both directions.
"As president of the Park View
Citizens Association, however, and as
a citizen interested in our traffic prob
lens, I wish to emphatically protest
against this change, which is recon-
nended merely to adjust traffic to the
policies of the director. because, first,
a portion of the weSt-bound traffic
would be diverted north and would still
have to pass through the intersection
of Georgia avenue and Rock Greek
Church road. and. second. because
some traffic would be diverted south
past the Park View School, highly
undesirable remedy for an isolated in
tersection.
"Several months ago discussed with
the traffic director the feasibility OF
installing lights at this intersection
which could handle the situation. The
director optimistically stated he would
soon get around to 1t and install the
lights. About a week ago the lights
were turned on, but had to be aban-
doned because they we're totally united
for the complex situation at this in
tersection. To smake 1t possible for
the lights to function the Traffic Bureau
now wants to make Rock Greek Church
road a one-way thoroughfare, move the
loading platform south. move one Of the
lights to another point, and install an
additional light above No. "a engine
mouse. IN OCneT words, GLleSe lIGuGS Ildu
to be installed and operated unsuccess-
fully before our experts realized the diff
ficulties of the situation, and even now
it is doubtful If the true reason for
their failure has been perceived.
Situation Described.
ITO visualize the situation at this
intersection it must be understood that
during the rush period most of the
traffic flows north on New Hampshire
avenue through this intersection and into
Georgia avenue, which, with the lights
In operation. is left-hand turn. For
all this traffic to pull to the right Of
the intersection and wait for the change
of lights is just naturally impossible.
The only way it can be managed is to
divert about so per cent of the traffic
to some other route, and that is what
will happen II the recommendations of
the traffic director are accepted and
the lights maintained at this intersec-
ton.
IT therefore insist that Rock Creek
Church road remain as 1t is, and that
some one suggest to the traffic director
that he remove these lights to some
other intersection"