Evening star., 1934-03-21
PROPOSALS GIVEN
CITY OFFICIALS ON
SPEEDING TRAFFIC
Committee Also Presents
Recommendation for
Handling Snow.
100000 APPROPRIATION
FOR REMOVAL is URGED
Staggering Hours of Work of
Government Employees Also
Is Suggested.

Is Suggested.
A series of definite recommended
tions for facilitating movement of
traffic in Washington, coupled with
a proposal for provision of funds to
handle snow removal, was laid before
the Commissioners today by the
Special Committee named recently by
the Public Utilities Commission to
find solutions of the related problems
One OF the recommendations was
that District authorities make an ef-
fort to secure from Congress an ap-
preparation Of at least Sl00 900 to be
used tor snow removal whenever oc-
caSlon arose for the need of such a
fund. 1t was suggested that the ap-
preparation be made annually and
that It be drawn upon only for neces-
sary snow removal purposes.
The committee also urged that an
effort be made to "staggcr" the hours
of work of the several Government
departments in move to minimize
traffic congestion.
Proposals by Sager Group.
A third major proposal was that a
regulation be adopted giving police
power to remove all automobiles from
certain streets as soon as snow begins
to fall and to keep vehicles off such
streets until street cleaning agencies
have opportunity to remove the snow
along the curbS, as well a. the traffic
lanpC 1hic i
with a proposal that necessary legis-
lation be sought to make it possible
for the Police Department TO remove
and impOund parked vehicles from
streets when such vehicles interfere
with the orderly movement of trafnc
OF the removal Of snow"
The recommendations were made by
a committee consisting of Fred A. Sa-
ger, chief engineer of the Public Utili-
ties Commission: R. H. Dalaeish, rep
resenting the Capital Transit Co.: T.
F Behler, representing the American
Automobile Association; Inspector B.
A Lamb Police Department. and Will
liam A. Van Duzer, director OF vehicles
and traffic.
The report on the committees eX-
tended study was laid before Com
missioner Hazen by Van Duzer The
matters dealing with traffic were re-
ferred by the Commissioner to Van
Duzer for a more detailed analysis and
report. The committee was named
to make the special study following
partial paralysis Of street car and We
hicular traffic during recent snow
storms At that time there were pro-
tests from more Than one organization
against delay in snow removal.
Other Recommendations.
Other recomme endations included
proposals for prohibition of parking
on the flow" sides of certain traffic
arteries. the creation of several new
One-Way streets, and extension OF pro-
hibitions against parking during the
day on number of streets.
The committee reported that it had
found from its study of public and
private vehicular traffic that vehicles
parking in excess Of the limit allowed
by present regulations caused double
parking and was a contributing cause
of the slowing up of street car move
ment This was the reason for the
suggested change in parking regula-
tions.
The committee, said it recognized
that merchants and other property
owners have a light to have goods
delivered to their property, but that
it felt that where such delivery caused
an unnecessary impeachment and in
convenience to the travelling public
that action should be taken to pro-
hibit such parking during certain
hours of the day.
During February" the committee
said, lit was clearly demonstrated
that the unnecessary impediment in
traffic existed due to improper CO.
ordination of snow removal caused by
the uncertainty of the finances avail
able for this work" The group rec
commended that a Snow Removal Co.
ordinating Committee be appointed by
the Commissioners, consisting of rep
resentatives of the police. sewer and
highway departments, the office of
the director of traffic and the Capt.
tai Transit Co., to work out a COM
prehenSive snow removal plan.
Staggering Hours Urged.
In urging the annual appropriation
of 100000 to cover cost of snow re-
moval, the committee said the street
cleaning department is fairly well
equipped with machinery and is ca
pable of handling this work economi-
cally, provided sufficient funds were
made available.
The committee suggested the stag
gering" of hours for Government
workers to report from 8 m. to $3.50
a m. and the staggering" of dismissal
hours between $3.50 and pm. There
are about 10000 Government workers
who start at o'clock" the commit
tee said, land as schools start also at
9 am, there is an additional 10000,
or one-third of the population of the
District, who start to work at am.
1t would help materially if the schools
would start at $50 instead of m,
for at that time the peak of traffic
would be over"
The committee proposed the fol-
lowing parking restrictions: M street.
between Twenty-ninth street and Key
Bridge, no parking on the north side
between and pm, and no parking
on the south side between 8 and $50
am; Connecticut avenue, H street to
Florida avenue, no parking on the
west side between 8 and $50 am,
and no parking on the east side be-
tween and pm; Georgia avenue,
Florida avenue to Barry place, no
parking on the west side from to
$50 am. and no parking on the east
side from to pm; Eleventh street,
Massachusetts, to Florida avenues. no
parking on the west side from to
$50 am. and no parking on the east
side from 4 to pm.
Way Streets Urged.
The committee proposed the follow
ing new one-way streets: Eighteenth
street. Virginia to Pennsylvania ave-
nue., one-way northbound: Nineteenth
street, Virginia to Pennsylvania ave-