Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-15
GST, IS INCLUDED
IN DRAFT OF BAN
ON TAXI CRUISING
Proposed Regulation Affect
ing F Street Designed to
Relieve Congestion.
RIVAL CAB COMPANIES
MAY OPPOSE MEASURE
Independents Will Fight It's Adop-
ton, With Others Favoring
Inclusion in Code.

The proposed regulation to prevent
taxicabs from cruising" on street
between Ninth and Fifteenth streets
has been drawn to include G street, it
was disclosed today by Inspector E. w.
Brown in charge of the Traffic Bu-
reau.
The legal construction of the text of
the regulation has been approved by
the corporation counSel's Office, and
Inspector Brown said he would forward
1t to the Commissioners within the
next few days with recommendation
that 1t be adopted. A bitter fight be-
tween rival taxicab companies is eX-
pected to precede the action of the
Commissioners, since the Black and
White and Yellow TaXicab companies
have indicated they would support the
regulation, while the independent oper-
atorS have served notice that they
would oppose its adoption.
! Hope to Relieve Congestion.
While the proposed regulation is de-
signed primarily to alleviate trahc
congestion on F street at night when
the taxicabs concentrate there in search
of fares among the theatrical crowds,
Inspector Brown said it was decided to
include G street within its provisions
primarily to improve conditions on this
thoroughfare during business hours.
The text of the regulation follows:
Between the hours of 8 am. and II
midnight no public vehicle shall enter
or operate on F. street between Ninth
and Fifteenth streets, nor on q street
between Ninth and Fifteenth streets,
except to discharge a passenger or to
take on a previously ascertalned pas
nd
hicles shall enter and leave by the
nearest intersection to such loading or
unloading points,"
1t is Inspector Browns intention to
have. the regulation added to the section
of the police regulations governing the
operation of public vehicles rather than
include it in the general trafflc CODE,
otherwise the regulation would nave 10
originate in the Office of the director OF
traffic Moreover. Inspector Brown said,
the police regulations are the proper
place for an an "anti-cruiSing ordinance
since they already contain section
devoted exclusively to the operation OF
public vehicles.
Sees End Of Cruising Evil.
Adoption and subsequent enforcement
of the regulation, inspector Brown pc,
lieves. will virtually end the cruising"
evil on two of the most congested
thoroughfares in the business section.
A recent survey, he said, revealed thai
the majority of vehicles on F street at
night we're empty taxicabs roaming
aimlessly in the vici .ity of the various
theaters.
A regulation similar to that drawn
UP by Inspector Brown was advocated
in April by the Traffic Council. In
letter to the Commissioners the council
expressed the belief that taxicabs create
most" of the congestion on F and G
streets, and because Of the proximity
of the numerous public vehicle stands
cruising is not only unwarranted but
unnecessary"
A prohibition against cruising" on
F. street was recommended to the
Commissioners by Inspector Brown
more than a year ago, but no action
was taken. There are indications now,
however. that the Commissioners intend
to give the proposed regulation serious
consideration.