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Show ' I TroHic ' j S. L. and Bay City Traffic Problem I Comparison Given Knight Declares Situation Here Is Better Than in Coast City; Main and Market Street Conditions and Control Noted By BOB BALE Fir Chief Walter S. Knight, returned from convention of the International Association of Fire Chiefs at San Francisco, said' Monday Mon-day he believed Salt Lake City is "better off in the traffic situation" than is the coast city. ' ' ' 4 Chief Knight, who also is city traffic safety manager, said he had ample opportunity to compare traffic conditions in San Francisco with those here. , "San Francisco, on Market street, has a bottleneck condition that is far worse than on our Main street" he said. "Parallel parking park-ing is allowed right up to corners and, between the parked cars and i 1 ' 1 New Traffic Safety Record Depends Upon Next 49 Days Traffic, accidents took aa pward tarsi la Salt Lake City la September. That k ssiiaaa thrn - T " mere eare la driving. The last tS days hive passed ' without traffic death hs the eity. Net sine September 11 has there bees a fatality. But with accidents mounting. mount-ing. It Is going to need effort ef-fort ea the part of everyone ta keep these deathlees days If the next it eaa be kept clear of motor vehicle accident acci-dent death, a new record of as consecutive will have been set. The goal Is en November Novem-ber tS. street car tracks, there is room for only one line of cars at corners." Despite the fact that San Francisco has such conditions, it manages man-ages to keep traffic moving rapidly and he noted with interest that i right turns as well as left are prohibited on Market street in the heart of the business district While not making any recommendation for prohibiting right turns on downtown Main street in Salt Lake City, he said that such prohibition works to speed up traffic in San Francisco. |