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Show -Traffic Pedestrian Lane Problem Tackled City Traffic Commission to Take Up Also Matter I of Day-Long Parking Outside 1-Hour Zone 4- . By BOB HALE Pedestrian lane control and the problem of parking congestion conges-tion outside the one-hour zone were principal items slated for discussion dis-cussion Tuesday afternoon by the city traffic commission. An engineering subcommittee was to report on plans for control con-trol of traffic at Salt Lake's mid block pedestrian crosswalks. Final action on some plan to provide 24-hour dally control in place of the present control in daytime only was seen- as possible. Suggestions have tailed for reflectorizlng of the stop signs now placed in the lanes in daytime so they can be used at night, floodlighting the lanes, use of overhead semaphores and installation installa-tion of "walk" signs for guidance of pedestrians. The problem of all day parking outside the restricted one-hour one-hour zone, whiebjus become more, acute since Institution of parking park-ing meters, was an important matter on the agenda. The commission com-mission seeks to find means of relieving congestion caused by ' l i 48 Deathless Traffic Days Will Set New S. L. Record The days are growing short-1 Complete care ea the part ef er. We are well Into the faU moUrtats all the time (and It mrut ,. wont hart te pay particular at-seasoa at-seasoa and darkness comes ear- teBtoB wlll elp tlM Uer. . city continue Its accumulation Which means there are more ot consecutive days without a boors ef nighttime driving, traffic death 21 days bow. Which means, in turn, that me- Forty-eight more days with- torists should take due care, out a fatajity will establish a Nighttime claims a large share new modern record of SS eea- of traffic accident victims. secutive deathless days. all-day parkers who leave their machines outside the one-hour zone but who, under the law, have right to make use of the streets ior parking. .' There is no ordinance prohibiting these driven from using the streets outside the one-hour area for all-day parking. The only restriction is that machines may not be parked for more than 30 minutes In residential areas between 2 a. m. and 6 a. m. It Is the hope of the commission to find some means of relieving reliev-ing the congestion. One plan under study Is for the creation of municipally operated parking lots, as is done in numerous large cities. |