TRAFFIC CLEAN-UP.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 10, 13 January 1931, Page 8

TRAFFIC CLEAN-UP.

NEW PARKING LAWS

LESS CONGESTION

FEWER CARS OX STREETS

Now that the holidays are over and .business •is back to normal, it is possible to get a good indication of the effect of the new parking regulations in the city. It is obvious that the number of cars on city streets is considerably smaller. It is reasonable tcassume that motorists arc either leaving their cars at home or parking them in garages while they attend to their business. "The general tendency of car owners is to conform to the new regulations,'' said, Mr. G. E. Hogan, chief traffic inspector, this morning-. "There is certainly not the congestion there w as. There has been a marked improvement in parking both in Queen "Street and Karangahape Eoad, and tiiose who use their cars for business are finding places to park without difficulty. There has been an improvement all Mr. G. R. Hogan. round." Princes Street •lias become a popular and convenient .all-day parking street, and both skies of. the wide road from Shortland Street up to the University are lined with cars. The effect of the new regulations is most obvious in Shortland Street, a thoroughfare which formerly had cars parked on both sides. Formerly it was quite a feat to pass another car on the hill, but now cars can be driven up and down with the utmost ease. Wynclham Street is another area which shows a .big-improvement, and Albert Street is almost deserted. One or two garages have noticed that they are parking more ears since the new regulations came into force. They are prepared for a greater number of cars, and some are adopting novel methods to attract motorists. Since the introduction of the new regulations motorists appear to be paying strict attention to all the by-laws governing traffic in the city, with the result that congestion has been minimised. Apparently many motorists now leave their cars at home, but, as one official pointed out this morning, that niay be due to the fact that ''times arc hard.' . Many of the byways, like High and O'Conncll Streets, are now almost bare of cars, although this morning there was slight congestion in one of them because cars were parked on both sides of the street. That is contrary to the regulations, and the traffic department is making a point of keeping a strict eye on all restricted areas.