Show Utahn Helped K C. C Win Safety Award e X Vt RL IA MI t i 4 E ES S. S S. S TAYLOR Aided traffic studies Taylor Outlined City's CUy's Program Word that Kansas City Mo has been chosen the safety city and winner of the National Safety councils council's award a tor or traffic safety ln was pleasing in p la to a a salt alt Lake Lakeman man rt He Heis is is S. S S. S Taylor South Mill Creek road who is js s a traffic engineer as he explains it by avo avo- cation Mr Taylor Is under a a retainer with Kansas City City- City City-as as as' consulting consulting con con- suIting traffic engineer and made the original engineering survey there in 1936 He visits Kansas City each summer In his capacity as consultant I Mr Taylor is regarded as one I of the best known traffic engineers engineers engineers engi engi- in the country having done work in Boston Los Angeles and Chicago as well as Kansas City although his talents have never been called upon officially by his home city Mr Taylor a professional engineer engi- engi engineer engineer neer is employed at the the Salt Salt Lake branch of the Galigher Machinery company but he has made traffic engineering a good deal more than thana a hobby He wrote theses at the University University University sity of Utah and University ity of Kansas on traffic engineering and accident Investigation Much of his research for these treatises was done while riding in an accident accident accident ac ac- ac- ac investigation car of the police po- po police po po- lice Bce department Kansas City won the 1939 1930 award Continued on Page Pace Eight Column Five UTAH MAN AIDS K K C C. C PROGRAM Continued From Page One for many accomplishments one of pf them being reducing traffic deaths from 69 in 1938 to 32 in 1939 It retains a full time traffic engineer and a staff of assistants working closely with the police and legal departments Every police accident accident accident acci acci- dent investigation is supplemented by an engineering analysis Cut Pedestrian Deaths Kansas City like Salt alt Lake City has had its pedestrian problems but reduced pedestrian deaths sharply last year Mr Taylor said One of Mr Taylors Taylor's original recommendations recommendations recommendations rec rec- adopted by Kansas Kansas Kan Kan- Kansas sas City was to reduce the speed limit from 35 miles an hour in daytime to 25 miles an an hour at night Mr Taylor said Salt Lake City might profit by Kansas City's ex ex- ex- ex Kansas City now has one of the most extensive safety programs programs programs pro pro- grams In the nation and isn't afraid to spend money on it City coffers coffers coffers cof cof- fers are opened wide for the safety cause and as a result much work is being done there that in other places has be been n made possible only by federal aid such as safety lighting at accident spot locations permanent striping of streets raised center divisions and chan chan- Made Great Progress Kansas City has made great traffic safety progress despite its political troubles Mr Taylor said Even under the old regime which was ousted after graft Investigations investigations investigations city officials gave the traffic traffic fic tic problem its proper attention and never stinted on it Utah placed two cities in the I National Safety councils council's competition tion for municipalities Tooele Tooele and Brigham City Both were placed on an honor roll for going through all of last year without a traffic fatality This particular honor rollis roll rolls rollis is s for municipalities of of from to population |