Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1937, Page 14

THE EVENING Channelizing May Cure Scott Circle Traffic Whitehurst Proposal Would Introduce Milwaukee’s Famed System. A map showing how Scott Circle would be laid out under the plan outlined by Highway Director H. C. Whitehurst. This the third of a series of arti- eles analyzing proposals to relieve District traffic congestion as they | were suggested by a subcommittee | ©f the House District Committee at the last session of Congress and re- cently analyzed for costs by Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, director of high= ways. BY DON S. WARREN. EVOLUTIONARY changes in traffic engineering will be adopted for Washington if | plans of Highway Director | H. C. Whitehurst are approved for control of conditions at Scott Circle. The proposed new system is based on development of “directional is- lands,” which will provide for the “channelizing of traffic.” The motivating principle was copied from ideas in operation in Milwaukee, which has achieved outstanding suc- cess in modern handling of traffic movements and in a reduced toll in traffic accidents Rearrangement of Scott Circle, it 45 estimated, will cost some $86,000. The plans are offered by Capt. White- | hurst as an improvement which he will recommend if the taxpayers be- lieve the result will be worth the cost. There would be 13 comparatively small sections of parks in the public |||/ area at the intersection of eight | streets at Scott Circle, instead of the | present circle, two traffic directional <> coming into the intersection with the circle from Massachusetts avenue, N street and Rhode Island avenue at either side of the circle. As a further step in direction of traffic by physical arrangements, the present eorners of streets abutting the circle would be set back to ease the flow of traffic through the circle. Whereas N street, to both the east and west of the circle, now come to dead ends, the proposed plans would pro- vide easy access to the circle, Capt. Whitehurst said. “The plan may look complicated on paper, but in actual practice it would be simple as compared with what we have now,” said Capt. White- hurst. “At present, at some points at Scott Circle, and on some other wide inter- sections, there is really too great a width. Drivers of automobiles are inclined to wander from one lane to another, then come to a point where there is not enough room for such = weaving. The proposed system of is- lands is intended to prevent such weaving, to keep traffic in channels and prevent congestion and tie-ups. “The plan for the directional islands is based on the natural inclination of the driver to keep to the right of an obstruction. The directional islands, in the first place, would be low, 50 as not to offer a trafic hazard. But they should serve to direct traffic into the easiest way to pass through an intersection, already complicated, and to facilitate general traffic movement and lessen congestion and accidents. I believe that the proposed plan would accomplish that.” Next: Thomas Circle. Alcohol 19 to 219 by Volume 3 ROMA WINE & LIQUOR CO., WASH., D. C. strips of parking and two parking areas, as at present, if his plans are | |||\ He declares that while the |||} adopted. area of public parks there may be slightly diminished under his plans, | the beauty of the area would not be appreciably damaged. He believes the | resulting benefits would outweigh the | losses, if any. | What is “channelized” traffic direc- | tion? “Briefly it is a plan of developing low islands for trees or lawns which would have the purpose of directing nels,” said Capt. Whitehurst. “These | islands, while adding to the beauty of an intersection, are intended to guide | the flow of traffic 5o as to avoid con- gestion and confusion.” | The present circle in the center of | Bcott Circle would be reduced and | shaped so as to guide traffic flowing | directly north and south. To the east and west of the reduced center strip | | there would be developed large new | sslands. In the centers of these would | be placed the Hanneman and the Web- | || | ster statutes. 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