Evening star., 1936-07-24
TRAFFIC BANNED
THIRTY YEARS TO
Be RE|NSTATED
18th and New York Avenue
East-West Change Effec-
tive Wednesday.
ONLY ONE LEFT TURN
is TO BE. Permitted
Better Protection of Pedestrians
and Speedier Relief of Conges'
ton Seen by Van Duzer.

The intersection at Fifteenth street
and New York avenue, long closed to
east and west bound traffic, will be
opened Wednesday, when new signal
system is put into operation, it was
announced today by Traffic Director
william A. Van Duzer.
AS soon as the signal lights are
turned on, the familiar tub used by
the traffic officer on duty at the inter-
section will be removed, and east and
west bound vehicles, for the first time
in 80 years, will be permitted to move
from Pennsylvania avenue into New
York avenue, and vice versa.
Only One Left Turn.
Only one left turn will be permitted
at the intersection under the new ar
rangement. Northbound traffic on
Fifteenth street will be allowed to turn
left into Pennsylvania avenue. There
will be no prohibition on right turns.
Van Duzer and his engineering staff
have worked out unique and COM
plicated dual system of lights to con-
troll traffic at the intersection. There
will be two lights on each corner
operating on 40-second cycle. Street
cars making turns to and from Penn
sylvania avenue will move only on
every other cycle, to prevent inter-
ference with north and south bound
traffic.
Van Duzer believes opening of the
Intersection to east and west bound
traffic, coupled with the new lighting
system, will facilitate the movement
OF traffic out of the congested section
and at the same time provide better
protection for pedestrians.
Recruiting fastened.
Meanwhile, under pressure from the
Public Utilities Commission, Capital
Transit Co. officials today were
Fastening completion of street car line
rerouting. Copies of tentative plans
we're to be submitted late today or
tomorrow for commission engineers to
study them while company officials
prepared final recommendations.
The commission told company OIL
cials late yesterday the present "tn-
termediate" routing plans were un-
satisfactory and final arrangements
should be expedited. The intermedi-
ate system went into effect last Sun
day and created traffic complications.
The original plan of a year ago was
thrown out of keller due to supplant-
ing of street cars on Connecticut ave-
nue. by buses.
Some officials accused the company
of being dilatory in revamping re-
routing arrangements. Acting Com
mission Chairman Richmond B.
Keech today predicted action at an
early date.
Another Temporary Change.
Another important temporary traffic
change went into effect today as re-
suit of the part-time closing of Taft
Bridge to prevent interference with the
widening operations now under way.
For a month or more the bridge will
be closed to all traffic between $50 am.
and $3.50 pm.
At other times it will be open to
southbound traffic only.
During the periods the bridge is COM
pletely closed all Connecticut avenue
traffic will be detoured by way of Co.
lumbia road, Twentieth street, Biltmore
street and Calvert street.
Van Duzer said it was necessary to
close the bridge on a part-time basis
because it was found the widening
operations could not be carried on eff
ciently while traffic moved across it.