Evening star., 1934-04-13
City Heads Restrict F, G
and Seventh Under Van
Duzer Plan.
HEARING WILL FOLLOW
3O-DAY EXPERIMENT
Limitation From 8 Am. to 6p.M.
Is Ordered-Trade Bodies
Oppose Move.

AL parking on Seventh, F and G
streets in the business section Is pro-
hibited between 8 am. and 6 pm. for
trial period of 80 days, under a rul-
ing OF the District Commissioners
today. The plan will 60 into effect
tomorrow morning.
In taking this action, the Commits
sioners approved the recommended
tions Of Traffic Director William A..
Van Duzer. and acted over the pro-
tests OF the Board of Trade, Merch-
ants and Manufacturers Association
and Chamber of Commerce.
The parking ban applies to Seventh
street. between Pennsylvania and New
YORK avenue; F street between Fifth
and Seventh, and Ninth and Four
teenth streets; and on G street from
Fifth to Fifteenth streets.
After 80 days the Commissioners
plan to hold public hearing to re-
view the whole subject.
Exempted From Restriction.
Commercial vehicles will be per-
mitted to park for the purpose of
loading and unloading merchandise,
however. Parking is not now per-
mitted on the north side of F street
between Seventh and. Ninth streets,
which Is at present q one-way east
bound street. Under the new regula-
ton such parking as is now permitted
on the south side Is not further re-
stricted because there is no congestion
there. Van Duzer explained today.
The traffic act approved last year
gives the director authority to enforce
such regulations without notice.
Fear DecentraIizing.
The proposal to invoke further
parking bans in the downtown area,
recommended in q report of q Special
Committee named by the Public Utili-
ties Commission recently. has been
opposed by leading trade organiza-
tions here.
Merchants have expressed the be-
lief that such restrictions In the busi-
ness section will have the effect of
decentrahzng the shopping area, and
seriously Affect their businesses. At
. conference with Van Duzer earlier
this week, representatives Of the
Board Of Trade, Merchants and Man.
ufacturers' Association and Chamber
Of Commerce voiced their objections.
The groups suggested the restrictions
apply only to rush periods.
Van Duzer, however, said he was
motivated by the belief that present
conditions on the three streets are
"mtolerable." He declared that un-
less parking Is prohibited other meas
ures have to be adopted, such as de-
touring Of traffic, elimination of turns
at the important intersections or the
use Of ope-way streets.
Shipping Signs Cited.
In reply to the opposition expressed
by merchants. Van Duzer informed
the Commissioners:
Many of the stores on these three
streets have shipping entrances or
signs which prohibit customers from
parking in front Of these stores. These
merchants are perfectly willing to
prohibit parking in front of their own
stores, but some Of them oppose hav-
ing the same type of restriction in
front Of other stores. The result of
the situation Is that when a customer
Of one Of the smaller merchants de-
sires to transact business he must
park double. and this causes conges-
tion and Inconvenience to those who
use these streets"
Effective Immediately.
Van Duzer determined to place the
plan into effect at once and said the
traffic act and regulations provides
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