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Fringe Parking:
Will Get First
Test Tomorrow.
Express Buses Start
Runs to Downtown $
Area at 7 AM.

Runs to Downtown
So
Area at 7 AM.
The Districts fringe parking
lot at Firth Sterling avenue and
South Capitol street opens to-
morrow in test that will indi-
cate whether area motorists want
such facilities or prefer to con-
tinue bucking downtown rush.
hour traffic. re
The event will be heralded by
no ceremonies. But city off,.
Gals anxious to alleviate traffic
congestion will be crossing their
fingers and closely watching for
public acceptance of their prof.
ect.
Special Bus Runs.
Capital Transit express buses
to the downtown area will make
the first run from the lot at Z
am. The special line will OPP
crate at intervals averaging 10
minutes or better between z
am. and $3.50 am. for inbound
passengers and between Alb and
$3.50 on outbound service. The
BUS route designation is PIG.
These runs will be augmented.
moreover. by the regular South
Capitol street express bus serv-
lce-Route A-9. This line will
operate inbound at five-minute
intervals between Z and s:45
am. and outbound between 4:30
and 6:15 pm. Other Capital
Transit inbound departures from
the lot are 9:15, GAS and 1918
am. and outbound at $50 pm.
For a 30-day trial period, the
Capital Transit service, which
includes transfer privileges, will
be absolutely free.
The parking lot itself makes
its 400 automobile spaces avail
able free, as we'll, and for how
ever long the fringe parking idea
proves a success.
Motorists can use the lot free
even when the buses are not run
ming. Of course, they must make
their own arrangements to get
downtown transportation. No
buses will be permitted to stop
at the lot between 7 pm. and
Z am. under present plans.
Part of the $4,000 operating
cost of the lot is to provide all
night fioodlighting. Congress
appropriated total of $500 900
for fringe parking development
during the current fiscal year.
Capital Transit estimates that
the bus run from parking lot to
downtown will take 20 minutes.
Nom Rush Hour Stops.
Yesterday the Public Utilities
commission authorized the w.
M. & A. Transit Co. to make
outbound stops at the lot during
non-rush hours. This is designed
10 accommodate motorists who
need to get to their cars during
the day in emergencies.
w. M. & A. operates this line
to Oxon Hill at 1915 and 11:15
am. and lis, 2:15 and 3:15 pm.
A 17-cent fare for the service
Will be charged, with tokens at
i've for rs cents.
The w. NJ. & A. terminal is at
Eleventh street and PENNSYLVANIA
avenue NV. The Capital Tram
sit terminal for it's special park
ing lot run will be at Fifteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV. and the regular A-9 line
terminal remains at Tenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue. g.
To get the free bus service.
motorists will be handed two
piece tickets on arrival at the
parking lot each morning. One
part will be deposited in the fare
box for the inbound trip and the
other saved for the outbound ride
in the afternoon rush-hour. If
needed, transfers to other Cap
ltal Transit lines will be issued
TO passengers of both the P.9
and 'A-9 routes. These will be
good at any regular transfer
point in the central area.
The lot will have an attendant
between z am. and 7 pm. A
has been built to protect
motorists from bad weather
while waiting for buses.
Other Projects Possible.
If the first fringe project Sue
ceeds, others will be undertaken
in the same vicinity and in ,ther
parts of the city. Officials o: the
Motor Vehicle Parking Agency.
Highway Department, Traffic De-
partment and other agencies met
yesterday to map preliminary
plans for expansion.
Timed with the parking lot
opening. a two-hour parking re-
striction all over the Mall takes
effect tomorrow morning. Ma
tional Capital Parks agreed to
this on the request of the Dis
trict Commissioners. The city
heads conclude that with 46o
fringe parking spaces becoming
available, the on-street spaces
on the Mall should be taken from
the all-day parker and made
available to tourists, one Of
Washington's biggest businesses. I.