Evening star., 1934-05-29
11.Point Program Includes
Facilities for Cars of
U. S. Employees.
PARTIAL PARKING BANS
ADVOCATED IN PLAN
Director Outlines Scheme at Noon
Meeting of Advertising
Club.

A comprehensive program designed
to improve traffic conditions in
Washington generally and to lower
the rate of accidents and fatalities
was advocated today by Traffic Di-
rector William A. Van Duzer in an
address at noon before the Advertis-
ing Club at the Raleigh Hotel.
Van Duzer proposed II definite
steps in the move to improve condl-
tions. These were announced after
he had reported that one out OF
every 20 cars in Washington each
year is involved in traffic accident,
and that one out of every 1000 cars
is involved each year in a traffic
fatality.
The traffic director proposed:
l. Enactment of the measure to re-
ouire financial responsibility on the
part of motorists who have been held
responsible in serious traffic case
violation. This measure was passed
yesterday by the House.
Fatality Trials Urged.
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negligent homicide" law under which
motorists held responsible for traffic
death would be subjected to court
trial Corporation Counsel E. Barrett
Prettyman and United States Attor-
ney Leslie Garnett recently went on
record against this proposal.
3. Installation of traffic lights at
$50 additional intersections in the
District. Van Duzer said records of
his Office show a decline in traffic
accidents at points where lights are
in use.
4. Rerouting of street car lines to
relieve congestion along some of the
heavy traffic thoroughfares. This is
being planned by experts of the
Public Utilities Commission.
Partial Parking Ban.
S. Elimination of parking on one
side of thoroughfares carrying heavy
traffic. The details of this plan are
to be developed later.
6. Designation of numerous ad-
ditional streets as one-way traffic
arteries.
7. Adoption of regulations to re-
quire all busses to establish off street
terminals, IN a move to get the large
vehicles OF the streets except for
loading and unloading and actual
travel. Only the class A busses now
are required to have such terminals
8. Provision of off-street parking
facilities for the cars of the thousands
OF Government employees.
8. Elimination OF parking at night
along main traffic arteries which have
street car and bus routes. The Com
mlSSloners recently turned down the
proposal to ban nighttime parking
generally throughout Washington.
Would Widen Thoroughfares.
10. a program for widening of
thoroughfares carrying heavy volume
of traffic.
IL. Revamping of Thomas Circle,
to run street car tracks through the
center, to separate street car and We
hicular traffic. A similar proposal
was abandoned last year.
The address was part of the pro-
gram organized by Washington mer-
chants for better traffic rule obedience.
planned to deal specifically with the
new regulations as to parking on F,
G and Seventh streets in downtown
Washington. Van DuZer said much
better obedience to the rules was
noted yesterday, the first day of the
campaign, but reported that unwary
motorists who parked improperly on
these streets were promptly given
tickets by traffic officers assigned to
see the rules are obeyed.
Kal Heads Club.
Norman c. kal, president of the
kal Advertising Agency, was elected
president OF the Advertising Club this
afternoon. Other officers chosen were
c. Melvin Sharpe, first vice president; +;
Alvah Cooper Case, second vice presi-
dent; Charles j. Columbus, secretary,
and w. N. Freeman, treasurer.
Three new directors chosen were
Walter c. Coates of The Star, Ernest
S. johnson of the Herald and Louis
D, Krakow of the District Grocery
Stores. Tellers of the election were
George B. Kennedy, Norman E. Bull
and George F. Kindley.