Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-03
By FRANCIS P. DOUGLAS

| The Washington area mass
transportation survey will swing
into its final phase soon with
the signing of a contract with a
Chicago firm to handle the engi-
neering aScpects of the work.
The Chicago firm is Deleuw,
Gather g. Co. Its work and that
of others with a part in the sur
vey probably will take the rest of
1857. Then the final report goes
to Congress. which appropriated
100000 for the job.
The result of all this should be
the best transportation survey
job accomplished in the Nation,
according to Harland Bartholo-
NEW. chairman of the National
Capital Planning Commission.
He based this statement on
what has already been achieved
and on the standing of the ex-
I.perts who have been attracted to
handle various aspects of the
job.
He emphasized that the land
use studies and those of popula-
ton and employment. present
and future. will be particularly
valuable in arriving at final rec
concentrations. Another impor-
tant part of the work are the
studies made of origin and des-
tination of traffic.
Gulick's Experience Cited
| Mr. Bartholomew found espe-
cial satisfaction in the fact the
job was able to attract the serv-
ices of Luther Gulick of New
York for what will perhaps be
the last section of the work: A
study of the kind of organiza-
ton necessary to provide a COM
mon transit system for the whole
area.
Mr.. Gulick is director of the
Institute of Public Administra-
ton and was formerly city ad-
ministrator of New York City.
He has served legislatiev CON-
mitteeS and tax departments in
various States. He also has
served the Federal Government
on the Presidents Committee on
Administrative Management in
1936-38. This committees work
became the basis of the Roose-
welt administrators reorganiza-
Ition of the Federal Government.
Mr.. Gulick also took part in the
reorganization of the Virginia
government when Harry F. Byrd
was Governor.
Mr.. Gulick's report is expect
ed to recommend whether there
should be a common transit sys-
tenn for the area. whether ii
should be operated by a govern
mental authority. whether ii
should be publicly owned and
privately operated. or what. He
is also expected to recommend
what legislation will be required
I Data on Future Roads
/ The Deleuw. Gather e. Co.
contract is expected to be signed
shortly. Experts from the firm
are then to come to Washington
to apply data on volume and
other factors of traffic to the
areas street and highway layout.
They will have before them the
highway plans Of the District
and Virginia projected to 1870
and Of Maryland to 1866.
Considered of prime impor-
lance is the traffic origin-and-
destination study now being
processed by UNIVAC, an cleo
trio computer. This is combin-
ing data gathered in 1948 and
in 1856. not only for present
information but also for projec-
tons into the future. The size
of the job is indicated by the
fact that about $4,000 punch
cards form the basis of it.
Wilbur Smith g. Associates,
another firm of experts called
into the job. probably next
month will take the data de-
veloped by UNIVAC and apply
1t to three systems or levels Of
area transportation. This is ex-
pected TO answer these questions:
Can the necessary movement
of population in the area be
dominantly by the private au-
tomobile, plus such bus and