Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-12
Traffic Recommendations.

With the work Of the Commissioners
Special Traffic Advisory Committee and
Z Traffic Advisory Council just about COM
pleted the District heads will soon be
in position to act upon recommends
tions made by groups of citizens who
were selected for their knowledge and
, interest In traffic and who gave pains
: taking labor to the community during
the entire Summer in order that condi-
tons here might be bettered. And the
Commissioners may be assured that
when they take up the recommendations
which have been approved by the joint
bodies they are the result Of In
tensive study Of the best practices of
other cities and are designed to bring
Washington In line with uniformity and
the most modern and expert thought on
traffic control
= washington IN some respects. Of
course, has Its own peculiar problems,
but 1t Is quite obvious that with State
lines almost non-existent due to the
motorists love Of travel nothing but
confusion results when an attempt Is
made to solve them which does not con-
form with basic and fundamental prin-
-ciples Of traffic regulation. That Is
why one Of the major recommendation
of the Commissioners committees Is
the abolition Of the rotary left-hand
turn and the substitution of the Hoover
turn, which Is used In every other city
In the country except Cleveland.
It is the same with other recommen-
dations. The general principle Of uni
formity Is carried out even If the regu-
lations are not as drastic as In other
cities. Many communities. for instance,
arbitrarily ban parking In the congested
district. The suggestion which Is now
advanced to the Commissioners is that
parking be prohibited in downtown
washington between eight and nine
thirty am. and that o one-hour limit
be set for q greater area during the day
time hours.
* Because Of the Wide streets IN the
national Capital angle parking has been
permitted. It has been shown, however,
that this type Of parking, while 1t prob
ably accommodates more vehicles than
parallel parking. n dangerous and ham,
.pers moving trafic. Accordingly. the
Recommendation has been made that it
be banned on all streets, Is It has been
"a almost al other cities long since.
: The National Capital for many years
Jagged behind IN the installation Of
automatic signals, but when they did
come they came with q rush and It has
been the considered opinion that a more
intensive study should have been given
IS to their location. In dealing with
the light problem the Commissioners
committee states that at Is just as i'm
portant to install automatic signals at
certain points as 1t Is to leave other points
free from this type Of regulation" and
recommends q code for future use in the
installation Of signals This code Is the
result Of study of the practices in i've
or six Of the largest American cities
and II adopted win expedite the move
ment of trafic.
There are many other recommends
OOnS, WHICH Tie NOHi1lAocAOi1CAo "AAA wv
upon. Most Of them are excellent and
ali Of them are designed to create I'M
proved conditions. This was no hap
hazard study Of the needs Of the Ma
tional Capital. 1t was determined
effort by public-spirited citizens in CO.
operation with the Commissioners and
the traffic authorities to put Washing
ION in step with the rest of the country.
Uniformity Is the nationwide demand
and it is only by uniformity that hope
can be held out for a lowered auto
mobile fatality and accident toll. Wash
ington will be a better washington
from traffic standpoint when it catch
e. UP with the procession and the re-
port OF the Commissioners committee,
II adopted, viii do much TO bring about
this desired end.