Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-29
Auto Bypass
Plan for D. {.
Is Studied
Hozen's Plan Probed
By Trade Boards
Traffic Committee

Members of the Board Of Trade
Traffic Committee today were con-
sidering construction OF a bypass
around Washington to avoid traffic
congestion in the District.
AS proposed yesterday by Com
missioner Melvin G. Hazen at a
luncheon meeting of the group at
ODonnell's Restaurant, the bypass
would begin in Alexandria and con-
meet with the Baltimore highway
In the vicinity of Hyattsville.
Pointing out that I'VE now have
q great deal of trouble handling
through truck traffic in the city"
Commissioner Hazen said the alter
nate route would also be linked to
the Lee highway and the Richmond
and Fredericksburg highway at AL
exandria.
He added that the District might
built a highway from Alexandria to
Kenilworth, so that entrance to the
bypass would be made more con-
venient.
Would Aid Defense Plans.
Besides facilitating the move
ment of through traffic" the Com
missioner explained, the bypass
would be of benefit to the Nations
national defense program in that
1t would aid greatly in the move
ment of troops through the Ma
tons Capital"
In discussing the development OF
Fort drive Commissioner HaZen
warned that any further progress
In the work would mean an in
crease in the Districts gasoline tax.
Describing the work of the Acct
dent Prevention Bureau, Inspector
Arthur E. Miller, head of the unit,
explained it has two purposes, first,
to find out all about every accident
investigated and, second, if there is
a violation of police regulations in
volved, to gather sufficient evidence
to present the case in court.
Ten Hurt Daily in Traffic.
Some idea of the task involved,
he explained, is indicated by the
fact that there are approximately
80 traffic accidents each day. At
the same time 10 persons are in
jured every day in traffic.
Failure by motorists to give the
right of way to other motorists or
to pedestrians has been responsible
for the majority of accidents in
vestigated thus far, the inspector
declared. Some of the factors that
enter into this major cause of &C
cidents, he added, are discourtesy,
lack of attention and speed.
by placing men at the locations
where accidents occur" he said,
land by telling them to look out
for violations that cause these acct
dents we hope to cut traffic acct
dents as well as fatalities to
minimum"
Elks' Safety Drive Explained.
Ambrose A. Durkin, chairman of
the Traffic Safety Committee Of the
Elks Club, explained the safety pro-
gram soon to be inaugurated by
his organization.
After the group had approved a
motion to extend the present snow
removal ban to East Capitol street
and to Pennsylvania avenue Sc,
William A. Xanten, supervisor of
city refuse, said his department was
prepared to do a better job of snow
removal this winter due to the pur-
chase of 60 additional snow plows.
He warned that serious traffic tie
ups would result if parking were
permitted at night during the winter
months on streets where no-park-
ing bans for the snow season are
now in effect. He pointed out that
the purpose of the ban is to get
the snow away from the center of
the street to the curb. Thus parking
at the curb would greatly hamper
this work.