Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-27
VAN DUZER NAMED
TRAFFIC DIRECTOR
TO FILL NEW OFFICE
Appointee to Get Full Power,
With Harland and EIdridge
as Aides.
PROPOSAL TO CHANGE
REGULATIONS DELAYED
Approval Expected on New Rules
and Zones for Parking at
Meeting Next Week.

The District Commissioners today
appointed William A. Van Duzer di-
rector of vehicles and traffic. the new
post created by the traffic act passed
at the last session of Congress.
Under the District Commissioners Mr..
Van Duzer will have absolute control OF
traffic matters in the District and it is
expected that Trafhc Director William
H. Harland and Assistant Traffic Di-
rector Maurice o. Eldridge will become
assistant engineers under Mr.. Van
Duzer when he takes office. July /.
VIII Be on Probation
Mr.. Van Duzer's appointment is for
q probationary period of one year. 1t
IS also expected that all other appoint
ments to be made under the new act
will be for the same probationary
period
Mr.. Van Duzer is assistant chief en-
gineer of the Pennsylvania Department
of Highways. He was a delegate ap-
pointed by the Governor of PennSyl-
vania to the National Safety Council
which met In Washington last Fall and
is president of the American Road
Builders Association.
Is Highly Recommended.
In 1911 Mr.. Van Duzer was in charge
of maintenance of Pennsylvania State
highways In 1928 he was made
transport engineer in charge of trans
port survey of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, conducted in co-opera-
ton with the Bureau Of Public Roads,
which embraced the trafic census, ORR
gin and destination Of trafic and regu-
lation OF vehicles.
He comes to the District highly rec
commended. Among the letters written
to the Commissioners in behalf OF the
new traffic chief was letter by Miller
McClintock, the Harvard University
traf1ic expert, who conducted a parking
survey for the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission last year.
Roy w Crum, director of the Highway
Research Board Of the National Safety
Council, and Burton w. Marsh. trafnc
engineer of the city OF Philadelpnia,
also wrote recommending Mr.. Van
Mr.. van Duzers present address is
Harrisburg, Pa.
ZOning Changes Delayed.
The District Commissioners today
postponed action on numerous changes
in the parking regulations submitted
for their consideration yesterday by
Trafic Director Harland
The city heads took up the recon-
mcndations. but on account Of their
great length and detail they decided to
put the matter over until the meeting
next Tuesday. so as to deal with otner
matters before them today.
1t Is expected. however, that the new
regulations will go through without
change and become effective 10 days
after they are announced.
Principal among the changes pro-
posed is the institution OF the zone
system Of parking regulation. This
starts out by the proposed INSTITUTION
of a small central zone where parking
would be absolutely forbidden between
and $50 o'clock in the morning.
Surrounding this would be a second
zone. where parking would be restricted
to one hour between O'Clock IN the
morning and o'clock at night. A
third zone, eneompassing the second,
would be set up with a limitation OF
two hours on all parking.
New Zones Mapped.
The boundaries Of the zones would be
as follows:
Zone New York avenue on the
north. Pennsylvania avenue on the
and Seventh street on the east.
ZONE 2-Starting at Eighteenth and
G streets north on Eighteenth TO l.
street, west on L street to New YORK
avenue, northeast on New York avenue
10 Fourth street, south on Fourth street
10 I street, west on I street to sixth
street. south on Sixth street TO Con-
Stitution avenue, west on Constitution
avenue to Fifteenth street to New YORK
avenue and thence in front OF the
White House to Seventeenth street and
Pennsylvania averiIe, south on Seven
teenth street TO O street, west on u
street to Eighteenth street.
Zone 3.-This would be bounded on
the north by N street and on the east
bv Third street. The southern boun-
diary starting at Third street and
Maine avenue southwest, would run
along Maine avenue TO B street south
west. west on B street to Fourteenth
street southwest, north on Fourteenth
street to Constitution avenue, west on
Constitution avenue to Seventeenth
street north on Seventeenth street TO
r street and west on F street to Eight
zenith g. set.
Would Clear Flow Sides.
The new rules would change the flow
side parking restriction so that instead
OF ending at 9:l5 am, as at present, in
all cases the restriction would end at
$50 am. 70 harmonic with the $50
rule in the first zone.
Two paragraphs would be eliminated
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