Evening star., 1933-06-11
In the Motor World
BY G. ADAMS HOWARD.

i'm M-wAY highways carrying
trafic In the same direction
has been the dream Of man!
~ interested in motoring condi'
=. tions for some time.
" Now Motor Vehicle Commissions
Baughman of Maryland has visions O
such a system of State roads, witt
Erafiic moving legally at so miles an
hour, and separate one-way roads foi
bus and freight traffic.
] Already" MFR. Baughman states, y
think see signs Of an increase In vehic-
sillar traffic in spite OF conditions. Wnen
ithe business revival is complete, we are
going to have to do something to speed
sthe movement of traffic and to make
It safer. My program would include
wide, one-way roads, elimination OF
grade crossings, routing. OF State trail
nc through one-way streets In cities
sor having it skirt the cities altogether
with such roads the speed limit could
safely be jumped to so miles an hour
Separate roads Shorld carry the husses
land trucks that are such a problem
now"
Pleasant Times Ahead.
Can q motorist depict more pleas
ant picture than the one contemplated
Nv the Maryland commissioner? What
IAN aid to travel the fulfillment Of that
&idea would be. Just imagine a wide
froad, no grade crossings, all vehicles
sgoing the same direction and all OF
sthem pleasure vehicles. 1t would be,
andeed, the Utopia of motoring.
It may seem far off at the present
time, but unquestionably such an mn
provement will eventually take place:
Highway fatalities will drop, and all
lcivilization will be moved closer to-
gether. 1t may not be possible TO con-
struct such roads now in many parts OF
sthe country, but the planning OF the
highways of tsa future need not be
put on.
4 A. A. A. Urges Widening.
! But as for the present there is much
70 be done
!, A liberal portion of the o0,0o0,0 600
Eoad fund provided in the industrial re-
scovery bill now pending before Con-
gress should be applied by the States
ITO the widening of arterial highways IN
Gongested urban areas and to the eliml-
mation of a large variety ~ traffic
xhazards. in the opinion Of the American
sAutomobile Association.
Safer traffic facilities should be made
n first charge against the Federal road
fund, said Thomas p. Henry OF De-
troit, Mich, president of the A. A. A.,
who pointed out that the road sections
sof the bill as passed by the House and
sent to the Senate are so drawn as 10
make 1t possible for the States to de-
vote more attention than ever before
TO the building of safety into the high
WAY system of the country.
Under the bill" Mr.. Henry declared.
ethe $40o,000,0o0 would be divided
among the States in the ratio of one
half on the basis of population and one
half on the basis Of area, mileage OF
rural post roads, and SO on. Provision
is made for construction on secondary
highways as well as on the Federal
aid system. In addition the funds allo-
Gated for the Federal aid system may
be used for through highways in mu-
sicipalities separation of grades at
crossings, relocation Of highways 20
avoid rail-highway crossings, replace
Nnent of unsafe bridges. construction Of
footpaths, belt lines around cities, and
parkways"
: Brake Safety Hints
Working in cooperation with police
departments and with State and mu-
nicipal automobile authorities all over
Ahe country national organization of
Brake lining manufacturers today an
nounced. through w. j. Parker, COM
anissioner, a new simplifled official cooe
of safe stopping distances for automo-