TRAFFIC FLOW.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 229, 27 September 1937, Page 9

TRAFFIC FLOW.

EXCELLENT ARRANGEMENTS.

GETTING THE CROWD HOME

With a I roads converging on Eden Park on Saturday, and the biggest congestion of motor cars that Auckland has known, ~. t, ;?i' ,C P' o, ' lpm was a most intricate '"'• difficult one, but, thanks to careful I'l.inning and complete arrangement of detail, the big task was dealt with in an excellent and expeditious way _ There were nil the hours of the mornnig for motor traffic to make for the vicinity of the park, and there was an augmented staff of experienced traffic officers to direct it, and signposts, where parking was prohibited and where it was allowed, were numerous. The climax of it all came at the conclusion of the match when thousands of motor cars were soon on the move. As on tho occasion of the match between Auckland and the South Africans, the motor traffic was directed into specified routes, the chief one to the city being through the Mount Eden district, and then via Grafton Road. This left the New North Road clear for tram traffic and prevented the congestion which has occurred in previous vears in Eden Terrace and Upper Symonds Street. The Auckland Transport Board made special arrangements for handling a big volume of traffic. All through the day a special service was maintained to the park, and after the match a hundred trams were waiting on the Sandringham Koad line ready to make back to the city. An additional 30 trams were held in readiness on the Dominion Road route as many spectators sought transport on that route to get back to the city. Immediately the match was over, all streets in the vicinity of the park were thronged with pedestrian traffic. In every instance the whole road was taken up with a moving throng, making its collective way to some point where they would have a reasonable chance of getting a tramcar. Gradually the motor traffic began to move, and in a steady stream along routes determined beforehand, a very big section of the crowd began to get on its way. Within half an hour of the conclusion of the match practically all the crowd had been cleared from the park.