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Show t Engineering Reviewed: One of Three E's Takes Important Place In Program; Accomplishments Are Shown th fast that street Ugatliig, aetably ea arterial, at laad-suate. laad-suate. Installation of safety UghUng program that U marking tlma, although torn progress haa . a .. . .. . been mad. Progress haj been mad in pedestrian control, although al-though pedestrians war a majority ma-jority of total accident victims In 1939. Numcroui concrete advance wr mad In engineering, an outstanding on being Improved street painting. Lanes (or both pedestrian and vehicle traffic hav been extended and better maintained. Paint has been kept fresher than In previous years, paint gangs repainting stripes as rapidly as possible. Mldblock pedestrian crossings wer kept better painted, although al-though a solution yet has to b found to the problem of providing provid-ing a warning to motorists at night time at thee Una. , . One of the three E's f traffic safety engineering received more attention in Salt Lak City In 1939 than at any time In the -city's history Engineering took an ' equal place alongslda the other E's enforcement and education. The city embarked on lta engineering engi-neering program early In th year. In January th city commission com-mission retained Ruf us C. Jasper, traffic engineer for th National Safety council, for th first traffic traf-fic engineering survey ever mad In th city. From then engineering eea-stmntly eea-stmntly waa a major phase ef the continue program, although a No. 1 aim treaties ef a traffic engineering bare headed by a full tun traffic engineer yet kt step to be undertaken. The work last year fell under the direction of C. G. Woolley, assistant city engineer, and the engineering committee of th traffic commission, headed by B. ' C. J Whtl.l.. w,L. - .n in close cooperation with the police po-lice traffic 'division of th state road commission. As part of the work traffic counts and mapping were dona by the police department on city streets, while the road commission commis-sion wss called into cooperation for efforts on those streets that are part of th state highway system. A high goal was set by Mr. Jasper for the city. He mad not only a long list of specific recommendations for certain locations, lo-cations, but suggested, in addition, addi-tion, broad programs of improved im-proved street lighting and Improved Im-proved controls. He selected the problems ef lighting and pedestrians a th major enee, noting high lad-deneeof lad-deneeof pedestrian fatalities sad ' Oa East feata Tempi street, pedestrian lanes war painted at satsrsseWsas where neae had existed ex-isted kef ere, protecting feat travelers la the heavy treftle a that arterial. On East second South street, which bears heavy motor traf- j tic, center striping waa painted to keep traffic orderly. Before th painting, cars hugged th center of th street, often driving driv-ing on th wrong aid, and traffic traf-fic was disorderly. On of th most successful undertakings, carried out by Mr. Woolley and the polios traffic traf-fic division, was a plan to keep motorists from cutting corners oa left turns. At aa Intersection, a yellow bultoa Is painted, with double line running back 'from It 50 feet, A motorist, . observing observ-ing this control, keeps to th right ef th lines and does not turn left until he has passed tin buttons aHggsid psdoelfssa lanes are painted at th earn intersections. Accidents at 'several Intersections Intersec-tions so treated dropped Immediately. Imme-diately. Another aaglaaerlag kmpreve-Bieat kmpreve-Bieat waa anad al Seata high aeheei, where, Mr. Jasper found, stadeats had to otea eat the street free at treat eg base. The psdsstrlaa laa was snared aad the has stop ehaaged. Two of th worst accident locations lo-cations la th city oa West Tempi street at Seventh South and Eighth South streets wer given engineering treatment ' Stop signs war placed at each Intersection, halting eait-wett traffic. New safety controls wer placed at several railroad eross-Ings eross-Ings designated by Mr. Jasper. r;v M; ' .i - V - I awiwnr ..:...,., - - - , J BUT IT USED TO "WANDER" LIKE THIS Sam street, dotted Una showinc actual center NOW TRAFFIC MOVES AS SHOWN HERE " tt Second South street, with center striping- " i:v" v A . 1 n - . . i 1 . 4 (J 1 1 !! PEDESTRIANS NOW PROTECTED BY CROSSWALKS Scene shows lanes en East South Temple street fill I I IW! ....... - THE SITUATION USED TO BE LIKE THIS Most East South Temple crossings once ware hazards I ... -' i - " ' V," . : ' j ' : . ( ' MMtfMli i ria Hi I ih v. .wfc vj, . wrt .a gjF "elfnltii m -ii in, n I i I I i - NEW FAINTING PLAN HITS CORNER CUTTING Car follows the line, then goes around button THIS WAS OFTEN THE WAY CARS TURNED LEFT Machine cuts corner where there's na button |