Evening star., 1940-06-22
Better Lighting
Urged 10 Cut
Traffic Toll
Council Also Hears
Cleveland Recommend
Parking Facilities

ing facilities and better street light
ing In Washington were advanced
last night by Washington I. Cleve-
land, manager Of the District club
Of the American Automobile Asso-
citation, as the only solution to the
ever-present traffic fatality problem
here.
Speaking at the monthly meeting
Of the TRAFFIC Advisory Council at
the District Building, Mr.. Cleveland
pointed out that this city is the
only one of its size that permits "a
hour parking on its streets.
In every other city comparable
in size to the District" he declared,
mo automobile is permitted to re-
main on the streets at night and
parking congestion is cut drastical-
ly during the day by the use Of
municipality owned parking lots"
Cites Philadelphia Cost.
In Philadelphia, he said, a car
may be parked on one of these lots
for only II cents all day, while
here. it's almost necessary to mort
gage your automobile to park any
length of time"
Better street lighting is urgently
needed, he asserted, in order to pro-
vide both the motorist and pedes-
trlan with improved visibility at
night.
Many lives that are lost now in
traftlc accidents could have been
saved If the pedestrian and mo-
torist could have seen each other
in time" he emphasized.
George E. Keneipp, manager Of
the Keystone Automobile Club,
urged the council to take some &C.
ton against the erection of re-
hector arrows on loading platforms
directing traffic to the right.
These arrows constitute a hazard
by increasing traffic congestion"
Mr.. Keneipp said And besides,
they're not obeyed by many motor.
lists. thus penalizing the driver who
obeys such a sign"
Inspector Miller Gives Views.
Asked about the attitude of the
Police Department on the reflector
signs. Inspector Arthur E. Miller
said he had long advocated either
making them all uniform or remov-
ing them. He also suggested that
the council investigate the possibil.
ity Of having busses take on passen.
gers from loading platforms instead
of stopping between the platform and
the curb, thus holding up traffic be-
hind them.
The council Endorsed the following
new parking proposals submitted
by the Committee on Parking and
Expediting Traffic:
l.. Permitting parking on the south
side of Columbia road from Georgia
avenue to Fifteenth street NV.
Hom 8 am. to pm. Sundays.
2. Nc parking on the south side Of
Constitution avenue between Sev.
enth and Tenth streets NV. from
4 to 6 pm.
3. No parking at any time on the
north side Of Constitution avenue be-
tween Second and Third streets
NV.
4. No parking at any time on
Georgia avenue NV. from Quebec
place to Rock Creek Church road.
S. No parking at any time on the
east side of Georgia avenue from
Shepherd street to Ninth street
NV, and on the east side OF Ninth
street from Georgia avenue to the
first alley, and on all sides of the
small island at the intersection Of
Ninth, Taylor streets and Georgia
avenue.
X Street Included.
6. No parking on the north side
of K street between Eleventh and
Twelfth strets NV. from to 6
pm.
7. No parking between 8 and $50
m. on the south side of Massachu-
setts avenue from Ninth to Thir-
teenth streets NV.
8. No parking between and 8
pm. on the north side of New York
avenue between Seventeenth ana
Eighteenth streets NV.
g. No parking from 4 to pm. on
the north side of Upshur street be-
tween Seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets NV. and from 7 to $50
IN. on the south side Of Upshur
street.
10. Twenty-minute parking on the
west side of Wisconsin avenue. NV.
from M street to the c. & o. Canal.
II. No parking at any time on
both sides of Wisconsin avenue NV.
from P to @ streets: between @
street and Volta place; on the west
side of Wisconsin avenue, no parking
from to $50 am. and Commute
parking from $50 am. to 6 pm.
IL. No parking from 8 am. to s
pm. on the east side of Nineteenth
street from Sunderland place north
to Dupont Circle.
13. No parking at any time on
the west side of Twenty ninth street
NV. from Cathedral avenue to Cort-
land drive.
IA. No parking at any time on
the west side Of Thirty-third street
from M to N streets NV; 30-minute
parking on the east side of Thirty
third street from to 6 pm.
On Minnesota Avenue.
IS. No parking at any time on the
east side Of Minnesota avenue NE
between Grant street and Gault
place.
16. No parking between 7 and $50
am. and from 4 to 6 pm. on the east
side of North Capitol street from
Girard street to Michigan avenue.
1T. No parking at any time on the
east side of Twenty NTH street Sc.
from Good Hope road to 1882
Twenty-fifth street, and on the west
side from Good Hope hoad to Sky
land place.
18. One-hour parking from 8 am.
to 6 pm. on U street between Shan
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