Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
NEW PARK|NG RULES
IN EFFECT MONDAY
Provide. Complete Ban in
Central. Zone From 8 to
$50 in Morning.

The new parking regulations. greatly
restricting parking areas and hours in
Washington, particularly in the down.
town section, will go into effect Mon
day.
The rules were officially advertised
April 9, and 10 days must elapse before
they become effective. This would
make them effective Sunday. since the
rules do not apply on holidays. Mon
day. however, will be the first day in
which they will have any legal force.
Most important Of the new rules Is
an absolute prohibition on parking in
a small central downtown zone between
and $50 O'Clock in the morning. not
only is the parking OF private automo-
biles prohibited, but not even taxicabs
may park on hack stands which hap
pen to be inside of this zone during
this period
Zone Is Defined.
This zone, known as Zone /. is
bounded by New York avenue from Fiji
tenth and Ninth streets; K street from
Ninth to Seventh streets: Seventh street
from K street to Pennsylvania avenue;
Pennsylvania avenue from Seventh TO
Fifteenth streets, and Fifteenth street
from Pennsylvania to New York ave-
nues.
Throughout the rest Of the day, in
this area, parking is limited to one hour.
There is one-hour parking also in Zone
,, which surrounds Zone /. but in Zone
? there is no prohibition on parking
between and $50 am.
The boundaries of this zone are: L
street and New York avenue from Eigh-
teenth to Fourth Streets; Fourth street
from New York avenue 10 / street; l
street from Fourth street TO Massachu-
sets avenue; Sixth street from MaSsa-
chuSettS avenue to Constitution avenue;
Constitution avenue from Sixth to Fiji
tenth streets: Fifteenth street from
Constitution avenue to New York ave-
nue.: Pennsylvania avenue from FIJI
tenth TO Seventeenth streets; Seven
tenth street from Pennsylvania avenue
to G street; @ street from Seventeenth
to Eighteenth street; Eighteenth street
from G TO L streets.
Left Turn Rule Change Ponds.
Change in the left turn rule which
has been proposed will probably net go
into effect for several weeks. This
recommendation has not been sent to
the Commissioners by Traffic Director
William H. Harlaud. After the recon-
mendaticn Is sent it must be adopted
by the Commissioners and advertised
for 10 DAYS before the RUE is effective.
&C ahNnratPd
Traffic Advisory Council, is to substl-
tute for the present rotary turn the
standardized Hoover turn, MADE by
passing inside the center OF the inter-
section, instead of around on the out
side
with the new left-turn recommends
ton will come the proposal to stand
ardize the right-of-way rule, giving 70
vehicles making the left turn the rlght
OF way over all cars, including through
traffic. except such as actually entered
the intersection previously or are SC
close to 1t as to constitute hazard
Another change in the right-of-way
rule seeks to give to AUTOMOBILES en-
tering boulevard highways from side
streets the right of way over through
traffic once they have entered the in
tersection. except over such other cars
as are already in the intersection.
Ine new rules lllCluuC SCNSin hAhAOl
changes in individual streets scattered
| through the city, mostly in the direc-
ton OF taking away parking privileges
which now exist One of them, how
| ever. removes the ban on parking on
, the flow side of Sixteenth street south
| of Scott circle during the rush hours.
Commercial Vehicles Restricted.
Another rule prohibits commercial vehi.
Giles from stopping on the flow sides oil
restricted streets during the rush hours
even for the purpose Of loading or un-
loading merchandise, and likewise pro-
hibits taxicabs from parking on flow
| sides of the streets during the rush
| hours.
| In addition to the two zones men,
| toned above, the third zone, where
/ parking will be limited to two hours
will also be set up. This will include
Seventeenth street and Constitution
avenue TO G. street and the area out
side of zone two bounded by f. stree
from Seventeenth to Twentieth street
Twentieth streA from street to n
street and N aiieet from Twentieth t.
Fourteenth streets and Fourteenth
street from N to L streets.