Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-27
Driver Must Know Fare
Waiting to Enter Areas
of Evenings.
RULE TO BE EFFECTIVE
FROM 8 Pm. TO MIDNIGHT
~" Turns in Same Sections Are
Forbidden by D. c. Heads on
Traffic Directors Advice.

The Commissioners today adopted Q
drastic regulation barring taxi cabs of
and G streets, between Ninth and
Fifteenth streets, during the evenings
except when the cabs are on call.
The regulation, which goes into ef-
feet in 10 days, provides that between
the hours of o'clock and midnight on
week days and o'clock and midnight
on Sundays no taxi shall enter or OPP
crate on F or G streets in the for
hidden area, except for the purpose of
taking on or discharging passenger or
passengers. The regulation continues
THE burden of proof shall be upon said
driver or operator (of the taxi cab to
show that he had previously sscertained
the need of his vehicle on said street
provided that nothing herein shall be
deemed to prohibit the crossing of or
G streets by such vehicles at intersect-
ing streets"
"U" turns on F and G streets, be-
tween Ninth and Fifteenth streets, by
any vehicle are also barred by another
regulation adopted at the same time
Traffic Director Recommends Rule.
The new regulation was adopted on
the recommendation Of Assist. Supt E.
w. Brown, in charge CT the Traffic Blu
reau. The exact language of the pro-
posed regulation has been debated for
sometime, and a previous wording,
which would have prevented street cars
from entering F street, was turned
down. Browns original recommended
ton, dated December 2, says:
With the increasing vehicular trafic
and the increasing number Of public
vehicles, traffic congestion is becoming
more acute in the congested area, par
ticularly F and G streets northwest be-
tween Ninth and Fifteenth streets.
Sees Two COngestion Pastors.
Prom personal observation OF trafic
conditions on these streets, / find there
are two outstanding contribution fac
tors to traffic congestion in these
streets. One is the slow moving taxi
cabs using these streets for the pur-
pose of picking up passengers, and the
other is the vehicles, both public and
private, making what is known as "
turns between interesting streets, which
seriously interferes with the free move
ment of traffic and frequently causes
accidents"
Inspector Brown then recommended
the text of a regulation which would
forbid public vehicles" from using F
street. except on call, but since the
words public vehicles" included street
cars. the regulation was turned over to
Corporation Counsel William w. Bride
original recommendation there was
nothing said about placing the burden
of proof that he had been summoned
on the defendant arrested under this
rule. This appears for the first time in
draft of the regulation prepared by
Assistant Corporation Counsel Edward
w. Thomas on January IL, the text OF
which was adopted by Corporation
Counsel William w. Bride without
change when he recommended the regu-
lation to the Commissioners for
adoption.
This regulation must, like all other
traffic regulations, be advertised for
10 days before it becomes effective.
Only on two previous instances have
the Commissioners taken steps to al
leviate traffic congestion on F and G
streets by prohibiting taxicabs from
cruising empty on these thoroughfares.
These restrictions were temporary, how
ever, and were adopted during the
Shrine convention in 1928, and again
during the presidential inaugural week
in March, 1929.