TRAFFIC CONTROL

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 112, 14 May 1927, Page 12

TRAFFIC CONTROL

AMERICA'S BIG PROBLEM

CONFERENCE DECISIONS

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

SAN FRANCISCO, 17th April. Sixteen cardinal principles for traffic relief in modem cities-have been laid down by-United States authorities in a., two-day city traffic conference, just hold m Chicago, at which every jihase of the congestion problem, from decentralisation of urban business to tho effect of- ; the. longth of women's ski<-ts on traffic-flow> was discussed exhaustively. The conclusions reached wero grouped for consideration by tbo 300 Mayors, city engineers, traffic commissioners, atid town-planners invited to attend the sessions by tho National Automobile Association, who have opened a campaign for immediate improvement in the traffic conditions in the big cititosof the United States. Recommendations of the various speakers and sub-committees—all of them backed by thorough surveys and years of study—included tho following:— That big cities permit parking in congested districts only where tho stored cars will not seriously hinder street improvement.

Establishment of a simple ond uniform traffic code for cities and their suburbs, and the placing of this simplified codo in the hands of every vehicle operator. Constant campaigning for tho repavnig and widening of streets, aud tho improvement of by-paths and highspeed roads, and the'-'planning, at the present moment, in nil cities, for twico tho prosenf traffic volume. Support and oncourngemcut, in all communities of uity.'planning orgiiuisntions, to formulate sound building plans, and force them to completion. Classification"-pf nil streets and segregation of, their, traffic, j Widening of streets and torminal ! roads: by ■ set-back 'ordinances, if widening ,' is not possible othorwiso. Development of .the principle of bene- | fit assessment 'and excess condemnation. . ' '. Speeding up transit; to the maximum by.'the use: of all transport agencies, and simplifying; the routing of street cars, buscß, and other public: vehicles. DAY STORAGE OAKAOING. Organigation of day storage garaging, at Is a day, or £2 23 a month. Special stndy'iOf motor freight operations, and-further'regulations of the use of lorries, in, congested districts. Reduction, of: . wastago in crossing timo to a minimum -by signal lights, that will allow' steady movomont, instead of tying up'traffic over several blockß. , . . _ National. adoption of uniform caution and direction signs on stroet and highway. Recommendation to every citizen to study. tra_ffic probems, to join in making driving laws uniform and v practical .all -over tho country. .Building of autpmobilo hotels in congested districts, to relievo tho high"way A ;: " ■.•■■■.. "Rattlesnake" drivers'to bo given long .terms.:in gaol, and forced to servo thorn to-the end. .: