Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17
KEAN ADVOCATES
BAN ON PARKING
Senator Recommends Grad
uaI Elimination, Day and
Night, on Main Streets.

Gradual elimination Of all automobile
parking, both day and night. on main
thoroughfares of the District was ad-
vocated by Senator Kean, Republican
of New Jersey. at the opening of hear
ings today before the traffic subcom-
mittee of the Senate District commit
tee. The New Jersey Senator asserted
it to be.~his belief that existing time
linitSon parking are not enforced.
= The inquiry was started primarily to
take up Senator Kean's suggestions re-
garding parking, but during an hour Of
discussion with Traffic Director Har-
land, Senator Hastings, Republican OF
Delaware, chairman of the Suhcommit-
tee, also, developed recommendation
for an automobile title law, for some
legislation on the subject of financial
responsibility Of drivers and fer an ap-
preparation to pay for annual trafnc
surveys, to enable the authorities to
keep abreast Of changing traffic con-
ditions.
Objects 10 Public Storage.
Senator Kean explained, following
the meeting, that he did not object to
parking car for one or two hours, but
practice of using the city streets as
storehouses fer automobiles" To Illus
trate his contention, the Senator said
that the owner of COW would not be
permitted to let it Craze in public
park, and he does not believe there Is
any more reason for permitting q
motoriSt to store car on the public
highway.
When the question of abolishing
parking was broached, Traffic Director
Harland said it was a question that
adding that survey . few years ago
disclosed that the city Is short by about
SO per cent of sufficient garage space
for all the automobiles operated here.
"I am in sympathy with that, don't
think you should stop all parking to-
morrow" Senator Kean replied. But,
I am not in sympathy with the source
that you should not do something"
MIR. Harland said his thought would
be to take some one section of the city
where parking is very bad and begin
with a gradual approach to the problem.
To this, Senator Kean responded
that he thought the traffic director
should 60 before the District Commits
sioners with recommendation regarding
parking.
IT would take the business streets,
ana ask 10 stop parking on the prm-
cipIe business streets, and all night
parking, so that people can get to the
stores to trade" Senator Kean said.
Believes Limits Not Enforced.
Director Harland explained that the
District already has parking time limits
on all downtown strets In the congested
area 1t was at this point that the New
Jersey Senator declared he did not be-
lieve the existing rules on parking were
enforced.
The subcommittee adjourned shortly
before noon after deciding to ask Supt.
of Police Henry G.. Pratt to attend the
next meeting at 1890 Friday morning
to discuss the problem further.
Director Harland told the Subcommit-
tee they would find policemen in the
downtown section marking automobiles
for overtime parking.
Senator Hastings asked Mr.. Harland
how it would be to try out a plan of
prohibiting all-night parking on only
one side Of street for six months Of
the year and then reverse the restriction
to the other side Of the street for the
next six months, thus making more
space for moving traffic without entirely
doing away with parking. Senator
Hastings said the greatest difficulty he
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