STUDY OF TRAFFIC

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 87, 9 October 1937, Page 28

STUDY OF TRAFFIC

; PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE AIR Through aerial photography traffic 1 engineers are studying actual traffic conditions in congested and dangerous areas without leaving their desks. The photographs are obtained from captive ' balloons, the cameras being, operated ' by electric impulses along the holding : ropes of the balloons. This system of traffic study introduces a new technique of obtaining : traffic lay-outs under actual conditions ' and the engineers are well pleased with • the results they have obtained. The aim is to produce "flat photographic ; scale lay-outs" with the expenditure of the minimum time and trouble. I —— ; MYSTERY BUS TRIPS Just as Britain and New Zealand i have indulged in mystery train trips, ; Americans in parts of their country - can now enjoy the privilege of mystery - bus trips, the one charge covering all • expenses. Most of the tours cover 3 approximately 200 miles, and each is in charge of a social director. 3 The trips are in general to woodland - camps, hotels at lakes or the seaside, 3 etc., so that boating, swimming, and - sports are available. Evening dances, i picnic lunches, and points of interest cn route all find a place, and all t comes without any thinking out be- . forehand of where to spend the summer weekends.