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Show Highway survey now underway Presently a street and highway high-way research project is being conducted throughout Utah County, by county and state agencies and the United States Bureau of Public Roads, to facilitate the development of more efficient city and county transportation systems, insure picture of the needs or benefits bene-fits that will accrue from improvements. im-provements. In procuring the required data for step four or the internal in-ternal trip survey, the Area Transportation Study has recruited re-cruited several interviewers who will contact a representative represen-tative sample of the general public. Each home was chosen by a numerical system and their driving habits will represent repre-sent those of their immediate neighbors. Prior to being interviewed, each home will receive an introductory in-troductory letter from Gerald Matthews, Transportation and Research Engineer for the Utah State Highway Department. Depart-ment. Every interviewer carries car-ries an identification card with required to present to the householder. All information obtained is strictly confidential. confiden-tial. Interviewers are working in the Springville area for the next few weeks and again in the fall. Cooperation will be appreciated by those who are contacted. The railroads and other groups have urged the Senate Commerce Committee to elim-nate elim-nate unnecessary confusion and inconvenience to travelers and shippers over various times by establishment of a uniform time system for the nation. Part of the problem confronting the railroads at present is due to public business bus-iness being transacted on one time basis while railroads are required to observe a different time standard. the best possible land use and I finest locations for public improvements. im-provements. The study also aids in the effective solution of tha complex and difficult problems of traffic congestion, confusion, and traffic accidents. acci-dents. The study comprises six different dif-ferent aspects of street and highway information. The first objective is the identification of streets according to present use, and their classification as expressways, major arterials, collector streets, and local streets. Next is recorded physical phys-ical features of specific streets to determine they will need replacement, re-placement, if there is sufficient right of way. What type of pavement has proved best, etc. Another team measures existing exist-ing traffic service for volume, street capacity, travel time, accident locations, signal requirements, re-quirements, and parking needs. The internal and external surveys sur-veys conduct interviews to secure se-cure the number of trips into, within, and through the study area, mode of travel and time of trips. The fifth division is concerned with collecting fiscal fis-cal data for legislative policies on allocation of funds. The program is financed by federal funds and augmented by the county and state. The final portion of the study measures mea-sures the existing level of public pub-lic transportation service for routing and geneeral operations. opera-tions. Without basic information, the transportation problems cannot be accurately defined or measured. Without facts, it is hard to establish solutions or present to legislative bodies or the general public a clear his picture on it which he is |