Evening star., 1941-09-12
Stdgger Hours
Speed Service,
Says Merrill
Traffic Council Hears
Transit Co. Head;
Parking Plan Urged

buses are meeting schedules better
today than a year ago in spite OF
the fact that 300 more vehicles are
carrying $4,000 additional passen-
gers at the height of the morning
rush hour, E. D. Merrill, president
of the Capital Transit Co., told the
District Traffic Advisory Council
last night
And at the same time, Mr. Mer-
rll declared, the average load per
bus during the rush hour has been
reduced from 37.3 persons to 36.6,
while the streetcar load has in
creased only slightly, from 468 to
48,1. He also stated that the run
ming time of both streetcars and
buses has been reduced in almost
every instance.
Staggered hours likewise have
proved a great help to taxi drivers,
Harry Davis, president of the Dia-
mond Cab Association, informed the
council. Before Federal workers
were sent to work at different times,
the influx of railroad passengers at
Union Station around o'clock in
the morning made it almost i'm
possible to get cab there, he said.
More Safety Funds Endorsed.
After William A. Van Duzer, di-
rector of vehicles and traffic. had
outlined budget estimates on his
department as submitted to the
| Commissioners, the council voted to
ask that an item of $500 for traf-
flc safety education be increased to
$4,000. The request will be carried
to the Commissioners during Mon
days hearings.
Mr.. Van Duzer asked considera-
tion of plan to eliminate cruising
by taxicabs, whereby 20-foot park
ing spaces for cabs would be es-
tablished on four Of the eight curb
lines at major intersections in the
city. He explained that the 20
feet easily could be taken out of the
50-foot building line no-parking
areas without dislocating vehicular
or pedestrian traffic.
The proposal was referred to COM
mittee for further study and report
at the October meeting.
Parking Charges Recommended.
The council last night recom-
mended that the Commissioners ap-
prove IA parking changes. They
were:
Northwest Section.
That the regulation prohibiting
parking on the north side of
Cathedral avenue between Con-
necticut avenue and Hawthorne
place be changed from to pm.
to to $50 pm.
That, parking be prohibited on
Fulton street on the north side
from Wisconsin avenue to Thirty
eighth street.
Prohibited at all times on the
north side of Park road from
Warder street west to the first drive
way.
No parking on the west side of
Third street from New York to New
Jersey avenues.
Prohibited on the west side of
Third street NV. from New Hamp-
shire avenue to Kansas avenue.
Prohibited at all times on the
west side of Twenty-sixth street
from K street to Virginia avenue.
Northeast Section.
Prohibited at all times on the
south side of D street NE. from
Thirteenth to Seventeenth street.
Prohibited on the south side Of
Louisiana avenue for a distance of
$50 feet southwest of Columbus
circle.
Prohibited on the south side OF
Owen place from West Virginia
avenue to Trinidad street.
Prohibited at all times on the
east side of Eighteenth street from
Irving street to Queens Chapel road.
Southeast Section.
That the regulation prohibiting
parking on the west side of Ana
costa road between Ridge road
and B street be eliminated.
No parking at the inner or outer
curbs of the circle at the north
end of Burns place.
No parking on the south side OF
K street from Seventh street to
Commodore Barney Circle.
!; That the paragraph dealing with
M street be amended as follows:
From Fourth to Seventh and from
Eighth to Eleventh streets, on the
north side, no parking to $50 am.
and to $50 pm.
One-Way Street Asked.
The following one-way proposals
were made:
That one-way operation on Cathe-
dral avenue NV. from Woodley
. place to Connecticut avenue be
changed so as to read, for west
bound traffic only from 4 to $50
p.m.," instead of from 4 to $50 as
at present.
That v street NV be made one
way east from Florida avenue to
Ninth street, instead of one-way
west as at present.
w street NV, one-way from
Florida avenue to Sixteenth street.
Florida avenue NV, one-way
west from Sixteenth to Champlain
street.
Northampton street NV, one
way westbound from Thirty-ninth
street to Belt road.
i Thirty-ninth street NV, one
way northbound from Northampton
street to the alley.
Newton place NV, one-way east
bound from Sixth street to Park
place, in addition to its present
: regulation
Otis place NV, one-way west
j. bound from Park place to Georgia
avenue.
Sixth street NV, one-way SOUTH
: bound from Otis place to Newton
place.
Blair road NE, one way-for north
bound from Madison street to North
Capitol street.