Show ROAD PLANNING CONSIDERED AT STATE 3 MEET Utah Idaho Montana Officials Confer at Capitol A new new nev era in highway building was In sight Wednesday as 85 road road officials from Utah Idaho and Montana Montana Mon Mon- tana met at the capitol to deviso devise means to transfer planning for tor the future from a to mouth to toa toa toa a scientific basis The conference attended by nearby nearly near near- ly by 40 persons was called to decide how low to use 1 2 1 per cent of federal road appropriations for tor planning The federal government makes this amount available by a new regula regula- tion K C. C Wright chief engineer of the Utah road commission presided and sounded the keynote The time has come when there must be careful Inventories of the highway situation We Vc have ar arrived r rived at the point where we must stop to mouth plan planning ing and put highway programs on a scientific scientific scientific basis Planning g Surveys The provision for highway planning planning planning plan plan- ning surveys was explained by H. H S S. Fairbanks of oC Washington D. D C. C chief chic of ot the division of planning U. U S. S bureau of ot public roads An aim of the surveys is to make highways self supporting b by deter deter- mining a scientific basis basis- for licensIng licensIng licensing licens licens- ing vehicles Mr Fairbanks said The conference decided on the following steps 1 Stud Study of what roads should be taken into state systems and to determine whether road programs programs programs pro pro- grams shall be based on legislative legislative legisla legisla- tive tl directions or upon what surveys cur sur veys show is proper 2 Inventories of state and county roads and cit city streets to determine all aU kinds of roads in ex ex- ex A map would be made showing all aU buildings adjacent to roads to indicate where public In Interest Interest Interest In- In terest stops and private Interest begins Transportation Map ap 3 Inclusion of railroad lines JInes and depots and airports on the map to make it a true transportation transportation tation map 4 Statewide traffic surveys to show not only the amount of or traffic traffic traffic fic but tonnage types of oC carriers the their r origin and destination to Indicate what ro roads ds should be improved so the legislature m may y be guided in taxing vehicles 5 Studies of origin and destination destination desti destio nation of both Interstate and Intrastate Intrastate Intrastate In- In traffic to determine bases for taxation 6 Population studies to show chow where roads arc are needed 7 Financial studies to Lo show what money is being raised hoWand how howand howand and from where it is obtained An afternoon speaker was Dr L. L I I. Hewes of San Francisco FrancIco co deputy chief of the federal bureau public roads The conference was expected expect expect- ed to conclude late in the afternoon i |