PEDESTRIAN CONTROL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20217, 30 March 1929, Page 12

PEDESTRIAN CONTROL.

CROSSING BUSY STREETS. COUNCIL DEFERS ACTION. " People should wake up and look after themselves a bit in crossing the streets," said Mr. A. J. Entrican, at the meeting of the Auckland City Council on Thursday evening, when pedestrian crossingplaces in tho main thoroughfares were under discussion. He added that if people wanted traffic officers to escort tliern across tho streets there would have to be a great many more officers. It should be realised that tho trampoles were the safest spots in the street. The Legal and By-laws Committee expressed the opinion that tho city traffic staff was exercising all tho control necessary over pedestrian traffic. At a previous meeting, Mr. A. Eady had suggested that crossing of tho main thoroughfares by pedestrians should bo facilitated by adequate control. The chief traffic inspector, Mr. G. Ilogan, said that permanent while lines indicating crossingplaces would he necessary. A by-law should also be framed to compel pedestrians to cross all streets at right angles, and defining all intersecting streets in the main throughf.ares as pedestrian crossings. Prosecutions should bo taken against offenders, after sufficient warning had been given. " A little leading and education would soon bring about the result desired," said Mr. J. A. C. Allum, in suggesting that tho subject should bo referred back. "We do not require compulsion," ho added. Mr. J. Dempsey said tho white lines would ba effective where there were officers in control, but tho people would never get across the street where there, were no officers. The committee is to further consider tho subject. Another suggestion affecting traffic control, made Ijy JUr. Hogan, was that tho two imfuty-zoncs in Karangahape Road betweeri Queen Street and Syrnonds Street should lie replaced by one halfway, betweeri those two Btreets. Tho removal of tho zone near Symonds Street would allow two lines of traffic to assemble for passing tho corner. Tho views of tho Transport Board regarding tho suggestion are to be obtained. The Mayor, Mr. G. Baildon, announced that the sotting back of tho kerb lines to provide better traffic facilities in Symonds Street would bo done early in UlO new financial year.