Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-26

tCouEAnued fTOm FIST rage
sones restricted as TO parking. The
smallest central zone bounded by New
York avenue, Pennsylvania avenue,
Seventh and Fifteenth streets, carried
an absolute prohibition against parking
between and $50 am. Thereafter.
until 6 pm. parking is limited TO one
hour.
Zone TWO, takes in practically the
present congested section, including Q
portion around the New Center Market,
at Fourth street and New York avenue.
In this zone automobiles may park be-
tween and $50. but parking Is re-
stTicted TO one hour between 8 am.
and 8 pm.
The third new zone Is bounded on
the north by n street and on the east
by Third street. The southern bound
airy runs along Maine avenue from
Third street to B street, south to Four
tenth street, thence up Fourteenth
street 70 Constitution avenue, along
Constitution avenue to Seventeenth
street. along Seventeenth street 10 F
street and along r street to Twentieth
street. Twentieth street forms the
western boundary Of the third zone.
In this zone all parking is limited
10 two hours.
Limit Hard to Enforce.
eat the present time" Mr.. Harland
wrote, 1T Is practically impossible 70
enforce the one-hour restriction In the
contested area, with the result that
cars are left In this area all day. max
ing it difhcult and often impossible for
those who have business to transact
or shopping to do TO find place to
park.
''The proposed plan viii, It is believed,
be In the interest Of the majority and
win probably postpone the day when il
may become necessary to prohibit
parking altogether in the central
district.
ION all the streets where there is 9
restriction on the flow side from TO
els am, this has been changed to $50
II Is believed that this arrangement
viii improve trafhe conditions on
through streets and make the restriction
easier TO enforce"
One important change was to lift the
flow side restriction on Sixteenth street
south OF Scott Circle. This was partly
because Of the difficulty of enforcement
and partly because Fifteenth street
which has been widened south OF
Massachusetts, avenue since the restric.
ton was first adopted, is now carrying
as much, II not more, traffic than
lower Sixteenth street formerly carried
The now side restriction, however, or
upper Sixteenth street north Of Scott
Circle is still retained.
In the third zone, where two-houI
parking Is allowed, parking Is still pro-
hibited on the now side OF many street.
leading into the flrst zone In order u
facilitate trafflc.
Test Signal Approved.
The Commissioners today approved
the placing Of an electric demand
eignal at the intersection of Albemarlt
street and Connecticut avenue as al
experiment The signal gives the traf'
nc on Connecticut avenue a greer
biles approach the intersection OF
AIbemarle street. The pressure o
the auto on an apparatus hidden II
the ground then makes contac
which gives the Albemarle street traf
nc green light and stops the Con
necticut avenue traflc.
The light Is TO be placed and main
tanned at the expense OF the Automatic
Signal Corporation Of New Haven
Conn, with no obligation TO the Dis
frict. II IL proves successful, similA
lights win be Installed at other points
A list Of places suitable for such lights
drawn up by Trafic Director william
II. Harland. includes the intersection
OF South Dakota and Rhode Island ave
nues northeast, Macomb street an
wisconsin avenue. Wisconsin and Mas
saclausetts avenues, Twelfth street an
Rhode Island avenue northeast, Qeorgi
and New Hampshire avenues ana Sner
man and New Hampshire avenues.
In connection with descriptions 0
the new left-turn rule which is expecte
20 be forwarded to the District Com
naissioners for approval soon, Mr.. HaT
land pointed out that the rule viii prob
ably be couched in exactly the sam
language as that found IN. the Mode