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mission to the next session of Con-
Eress plans and estimates for a
street and bridge improvement
program and for viaducts and un-
derpasses at certain dangerous
and heavily travelled intersections,
the report suggested that:
IF the population of the Dis
trict continues to increase in a
permanent manner during the
next three years, serious cOnsid-
Grafton be given to study Of
subwayS in the future"
Increase Police
AS was expected, the subcom-
mittee urged that the police force
personnel be increased by at least
10 per cent so that the motorcycle
force may be brought up to 100
men. This recommendation also
called on the appropriation COM
mittee to allow an increase for this
item from year to year in proper
ton to the increase in motor We
hicle registration"
Strict regulation of pedestrian
traffic is proposed in the report,
which also advocates a further
staggering of the hours Of Gov
eminent employees together with a
recommendation that the public
school hours be changed so that
the children are not forced to cross
the streets during the peak-hour
traffic.
The report also calls attention
to the fact that the downtown
traffic problem has become more
acute in the past three years due
to the increase in the number
of Federal and District employees
during that period of from Co.
900 to 10000. The subcommit-
tee says:
"By construction of the build
ings tin the Triangle area) sew
eral through streets have been
closed, which throws a CORE
spOndingly heavy load upon the
remaining streets.
1.-The District has the heaviest
concentration of motor vehicles
entering the congested district of
any city, irrespective of size, in
the United States.
THE diagonal avenues are an
aid in obtaining the shortest dis
lance for crosstown traffic and
generally carry a much heavier
volume than the north and south,
east and west streets, but they do
cause congestion and contribute
to accident hazards when they
converge.
Rebuild Chain Bridge
Generally speaking, the bridges
are adequate to carry the present
day traffic, but several should be
rebuilt, namely, Chain Bridge, the
bridge across Rock Greek on K
Street near Twenty-ninth, and the
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge across
Anacostia and the Taft Bridge on
Connecticut Avenue. Rock Greek
Parkway is inadequate for present
and future traffic needs under
Massachusetts, Avenue Bridge"
Recommendations Listed
The committee recommended:
/. That the enforcement, prose
cutting, and judicial officers be
urged to continue their endeavor
to bring about a reduction of acct
dents by vigorous policy of GER
tain punishment in cases of reck-
less driving, driving too fast for
existing conditions, and other seri.
Gus violations.
2. That additional funds be ap-
propriated by Congress to provide
for an increase of at least 10 per
cent in the present personnel Of
the police department, of whom
enough shall be added to the mo-
torcycle force to increase it to 100
men; and that this appropriation
should be increased from year to
year in proportion to the increase
In motor vehicle registration.
3. That the Board of Revoca-