Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25
PARKING IS BANNED
BEFORE $50 AIM.
UNDER new RULES
Downtown Area Affected by
Decision Becoming Effec-
tive by July |.
OLD LEFT-HAND TURNS
DUE TO BE RESTORED
Three Zones Created in Congested
District, With Stricter Con-
troll Of Cars.

SA0A VA OteAhs
A series Of new trafic regulations.
adapted from the model municipal
trafhc ordinances Of the Conference on
Street and Highway Safety. viii become
effective in the District between now
and July !. A return to the old sys-
tenn Of making left turns from the
center Of the street, extensive changes
Ia parking regulations and changes in
the right Of way rules are among the
next which win be submitted 70 the
Commissioners by Traffic Director VII
lam H. Harland. He and his assist
ant, N. o. Eldridge, are busy drafting
the new regulations.
The regulations were recommended
TO the Commissioners by the TRAFFIC Ad-
visory Council last October and have
the concurrence Of DR.. Miller McCIin-
took. trafic specialist Of Harvard uni
vsrsity. These regulations can be
adopted under the present trafac act.
A number Of other regulations must be
drafted when the new act, passed at
the last session Of Congress, becomes
effective July / next. The regulations
IN this class include those relating to
titling Of automobiles. as the act gives
the Commissioners authority to compel
registration Of titles to motor vehicles
in the District
Early Morning Parking.
Probably the first regulation which
the commissioners win be asked to pro-
nul8eteD according to Mr.. EIdridge, VIII
ne general parking ordinance for the
downtown area. This area win be snlit
into three zones. There win be q small
central zone bounded BY Seventh and
x1teenth Streets Pennsylvania and New
York avenues.
In this zone no parking win be al
lowed anywhere until $50 o'clock am.
thereafter there viii be q restriction
% one-nom parking until s pm. This
= IN e4ort to drive the aII-nfghf
parker out Of the congested zone.g
Then comes q second zone, sur
rounding the FIRST, with boundaries
SUBSTANTIALLY the same as the present
o1ucial congested zone Here parking
= restricted TO one hour from am.
% pm, but drivers may park their
cars before $3.50 am. The third gone
ton avenue and win be bounded on
the west by Eighteenth street. On the
north By N street and on the east BY
Third street. In the third zone ali
parking win be limited to two hours.
The net effect Of these regulations.
according 70 Mr.. Eldridge, Is TO stavs of
the "evl day" when it win become nee
essary TO ban parking altogether irl the
downtown section. 1t viii weed out
Frf nI1 al .sr.E-4
parkers and considerably lessen the con-
gestton downtown.
Other Restrictions Planned.
At the same time, parking on the
now side Of streets leading into the con-
gested district win be forbidden UP to
$3.50 am. instead Of 9:15, as at present.
The rule IS to parking near fire plugs
VIII be changed so as to make the dis
lance is feet on either side Of the plug
instead Of 10 feet, as at present. Fiji
teen feet Is the standard distance under
the model municipal ordinances.
AS for the left turn rule, drivers wish
ing to make left turn under the pro-
posed regulation viii have to draw up
70 the center of the intersection They
VIII make the turn on the green light,
keeping near the center of the street,
but not cutting to the left Of the center
OF the intersections. While they are
making the turn they viii have the
right OF way over cars IN through traf-
nc from the opposite direction.
Turn Is Illustrated.
To cite q familiar example, q driver
under the proposed rule driving east on
= street and wanting to make a left
turn so as to go north on Thirteenth
street, would keep near the middle Of
street and walt for green light
When he got 1t, he would make his
left turn, keeping slightly to the right
Of the centers Of Fstreet and Thirteenth
street. While he was making the turn,
he would have the right-of-way over a
driver going west on F street and de-
SKIING to keep straight ahead, until the
driver making the turn had cleared the
intersections
Another new regulation win be q
change In the definition of the right
of-way rule. The new definition wiz
read: "The driver of a vehicle APP
preaching an intersection shall yield
the right-of-way to q vehicle which has
entered the intersection. When two
vehicles enter an intersection at the
same time, the driver Of the vehicle on
the left shall yield to the driver on the
right"
Thus when a vehicle has once
entered an intersection, it has the right
Oh way OVSE Ill Vehicles GACcpb JLlOSc
which have entered the intersection
before 1t, whether they are on the right
or not. This viii apply even In the
case Of Q driver entering a boulevard
or arterial highway. After he has made
the stop called for by the sign and
has entered the intersection, by that
fact he gets the right Of way over all
trafic moving along the boulevard or
arterial highway, except over any We
hicle which happens to have entered
the intersection before he has.
Another regulation win provide that
when traflc Is moving In lines or lanes
cars may pass each other to the right
or to the left. According to the pres
ent regulations It is Illegal 10 pass q
car on the right. The new regulation
will remove this i1egality and conform
the rule more nearly to the practice. as
this rule Is one, according to Mr.. Ed
ridge. rather more honored in the
breach than N the observance.
Other new traffic regulations will fol-
low from time to time.
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