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proved laning, and prohibition oi
curb parking.
Some individual highway propos-
ais already made are sound, the
report says, but none of the exist
ing plans met all the requirements
for the entire area.
The report advocates setting ur
motor vehicle parking agencies in
Arlington, Fairfax, Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties and the
City Of Alexandria as well as in the
District.
Such agencies should have the
power to condemn land, develop it
and control rates and services.
Detailed Study Needed.
A detailed study and report on
the entire parking problem Is needed,
and this should be "integrated with
the other transportation plans of
the community" the report recon-
mends. --.
Parking, 1t says, should be inte-
grated with the downtown highway
loop proposed; more emphasis should
be placed on amending zoning laws
to require incorporation of off-street
parking facilities in new construc-
ton wherever possible, and Federal
buildings should have both short
time and all day parking facilities
for which low fee would be charged
The report maintained that the
seven miles of subway proposed at
cost of $50 900 900 would only save
the rider about 11a minutes time;
track capacity would be insufficient
to handle the volume of passengers
originating on the combined lines
entering the subways; it would not
act satisfactorily in carrying large
volumes of passengers between prin-
cipal radial routes serving residen-
tial areas and major employment
areas; would not serve adequately
streets requiring local service under
which they would be constructed; !;
would force longer walks on the
public; would force duplication of
transit service where service on the
surface was needed: would discour-
age profitable of-peak short haul
travel, and would eliminate much
needed special service to key en-
ployment areas.
Change Is Opposed.
No additional origin and destina
ton information has been obtained
on which to base major replace
ment of transit routes by subways
the report states. Hence, it says
cit would be poor judgment to make
these changes without being con-
fident they would reflect the de-
sires and needs of transit patrons
The value of a combined suburban
bus terminal in the downtown area
is termed doubtful. Rather it might
be better to let each company es-
tablish it's own off street terminal
the report says.
The report advocates that instead
of building subWays the following
transit Improvements should be
made:
/. Underpasses several blocks In
length should be used to eliminate
existing bottlenecks.
2. Horizontal separation of street.
car routes from roadways should be
employed.
3. Rapid transit routes should be
established on preferential arteries
Suggests Short Subway Lines.
a Rapid transit should be en-
rloyed in short subwey distributor
lines between uptown downtown
lines and employment centers.
IS. Express highways should be
created to enable buslines toi bypass
the central area.
,6. Shuttle transit from fringe
parking facilities along the proposed
loop should be provided.
~. Transit lines should be re-
routed only "after" an origin
destination survey of the entire met
ropoiitan area.
g. Bus and streetcar stops should
be less frequent.
g. Of street transit terminal IA
oilities should be constructed.