Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-20
Committee Will Recommend
Substitution of Hoover Plan
to Commissioners.
NIGHT PARKING STUDY
WILL BE ADVOCATED
Complete Report of subgYoups Will
Be in Capt. Whitehurst's
Hands October 4.

Abolition of Washingtons rotary left
turn and the substitution of the so
called standard left turn of the Hoover
Highway Conference in general use
throughout the country will be recon-
mended to the District Commissioners
by the Traffic Advisory Committee,
created to study the sundry problems
of traffic regulations and control, It
was announced officially for the first
time today by Capt. H. G. Whitehurst,
chief engineer of the District and
chairman of the committee.
The committee, however, according to
Capt. Whitehurst, does not propose to
recommend any substantial changes in
the set-up of the traffic directors Office
or its relation to the Police Depart
ment, and neither does it plan to sug-
gest an immediate prohibition against
all-night parking. The Commissioners
will be urged, however. to give the sub
ject of all-night parking intensive
study.
Capt. Whitehurst made these dis
closures following a meeting of the
council and committee in his Office yes
terday.
Report Is Only Tentative.
In making public some of the deliber-
ationS of the traffic body yesterday
Capt. Whitshurst emphasized the fact
that no one of the nine subcommittee
has yet voted upon its final report and
that therefore any statement at this
time as to what the final report would
be is tentative. He said, however, that
all of the matters referred to them
had been exclusively discussed by the
subcommittee and that those bodies
had generally made up their minds as
to what the nature Of their final re-
ports would be.
The chairmen of all the subcommit-
tees assured him, Capt. Whitehurst
said, that all their reports would be In
his hands by october 4. Capt. White
hurst will then work these into one
consolidated report striving to eliminate
any inconsistencies or glaring errors tr
the separate reports.
On October 10 he plans meeting
of the two bodies open to the public
There final action on the reports will
be taken and submitted to the District
Commissioners.
Traffic ONCE Unsettled.
Capt. Whitehurst said that it had
never been suggested or contemplated
to put the Office of the Traffic Director
back into the Police Department. There
is a suggestion Forthcoming, he said,
to attempt to perfect an organization
to permit more general study of traf-
nc through District authorities, but
what the final nature of this recon-
mendation was he was not in a position
to say
Night parking problems probably will
be met by a suggestion that District
authorities Toakn an official rpnS1IS Of
garage space in every section of the city
before taking up the problem further
No recommendation will be made to
deal with the problem other than this.
Speed Changes Asked.
Capt. Whitehurst said that recon-
mendations will be made for additional
regulations on the speed of solid tire
trucks above two tons capacity. The
present regulations are somewhat vague
he said, and there is no discrimination
between pneumatic tire vehicles anc
solid tire trucks. Otherwise the speed
law appears satisfactory to the COM
mittee and no further recommendations
are expected.
The problem of traffic lights is an
other of those expected to yield q
recommendation calling for further
study, but no radical change in the
present policy or system. 1t is believed
that one of the recommendations will
be for a study of traffic light systems
in other cities.
These, Capt. Whitehurst said, were
the principal recommendations expected
to be forthcoming. He was asked spe-
officially about the recommendation
from the committee having to do with
the disposal of old and worn out auto
mobiles, but said that he was not
familiar with the proposed report OF
that committee.