Evening star., 1940-09-21
Car Platform
Arrows Cited as
Traffic Hazard
Advisory Council Calls
For Elimination; Bocks
Changes in Porkinq

tnelr immediate removal.
The area on Fourteenth street was
singled out for particular attention
by the council because of the mar
rowness of the street. Criticism
also was leveled at reflector arrows
on platforms throughout the city,
but action on their removal was
postponed pending a report on the
situation by the Engineering De-
partment of the Public Utilities
Commission on October Is.
Meeting for the first time in the
District Building after its summer
recess, the council heard George E.
Keneipp, manager of the Keystone
Automobile Club, complain that the
arrows, in directing motorists to
pass to the right of the platforms.
cause traffic jams and tend toward
accidents.
MANY trucks load and unload in
the space between the loading plat
form and the curb" Mr.. Keneipp
declared. This leaves the motorist
only two alternatives. Either he
violates the law by passing to the
left of the platform or he waits un-
til the truck moves on"
In answer to the charge, however,
Fred Sager, chief engineer of the
Public Utilities Commission, quoted
figures to show that there is ade-
quate room for vehicles to pass
parked trucks and that no traffic
tie-ups are caused by the signs.
Other Markers Asked.
Robert Dalgleish of the Capital
Transit Co. explained that his COM
pany can't put platforms in the
street without placing some kind of
markers on them. The council
then amended its original motion to
provide that diamond-shaped mark
ers replace the arrows.
Asked what the attitude Of the
Police Department was in regard to
the arrows. Inspector Arthur E.
Miller said he has recommended to
Maj. Ernest w. Brown. superin-
tendent of police, that they be re-
moved and that vehicles be per-
mitted to pass on either side of the
platforms
The following parking changes in
the traffic regulations were ap-
proved:
In the northwest-no stopping.
standing or parking at any time on
the north side of Calvert street at
the east end of the Calvert street
bridge between the driveways Of the
cfr ttt, ~, -
the restaurant which is now under
construction.
No parking from to $50 am.
and from 4 to pm. on the north
side of Pennsylvania avenue from
Fifteenth street west to the alley.
On 1 Street.
No parking between 7 and $50
am. and from to 6 pm. on the
north side of street between Thir-
teenth and Twentieth streets NV.
No parking from a point 10 feet
south of the south driveway to a
point 10 feet north of the north
driveway of 1861 Sherman avenue
No parking at any time at the
Circle at the end of the 5000 block
of V streeA
No parking between 8 am. and
pm. on the east side of Fourteenth
street from Constitution avenue
north to the entrance to the De-
; partment of Labor underground
garage.
No parking between 8 am. and 6
pm on the east side of Fifteenth
!. street from H to streets.
No parking at any time on the
west side of Twentieth street from
Massachusetts avenue to Connecti-
cut avenue.
No parking between 7 and $50
m. on Thirty-seventh street from
Calvert street south to 2447 Thirty
seventh street except for loading
and unloading. and Commute park
ing from $50 am. to 10 pm. in
that area.
In the Northeast-No parking at
any time on Second street from l.
street north for a distance Of l08
feet on both sides.
No parking at any time on the
east side of Nineteenth street from
c street to Benning road.
One-Way Recommendation.
The council also recommended
that Maryland avenue SW be made
one-way for eSst-bound traffic only
from Eleventh to Twelfth streets.
Describing as a waste of the tax
payers money the widening OF
Massachusetts, avenue NV. from
wisconsin avenue to Sheridan
Circle from the present 40 feet to
only "A feet, the council urged that
the street be widened to so feet by
removing the row of trees nearest
the street and that such widening
be done as soon as possible.
1t also went on record as favor
ing the opening of independence
avenue S.W. from Fourteenth street
west to the Lincoln Memorial and
the Arlington Memorial Bridge at
the earliest possible date.
In response to request by the
West End Citizens Association, the
group recommended one-hour park
ing in the area bounded by Twen-
tieth and Twenty-second streets
NV. on the east and west and by
H and K streets NV. on the north
and south.
Paying tribute to the work of the
Police Department, the American
Automobile Association and the Dis
trict Congress of Parents and
Teachers in sponsoring the school,
boy patrol camps last summer, the
council urged continuance Of the
program 'in the interest of safety"
A report by the Budget Commit
tee on the progress of the safety
education activities sponsored by the
council revealed, among other things,
that 200 900 milk bottle warnings Of
the opening and closing of school
had been issued, more han 5000
warning signs had been painted on
sidewalks. 5000 blackboard warnings
had been Distributed to schools