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Show ROADU-' World Congress Aims to Solve Traffic Problem Responsible government odlrials llm world over now recognize I In; ulllllar-1 ulllllar-1 ii ii vnhio of the 1 1 1 ( i r vehicle as nn element la transportation, according to Tyke Johnson, representative of t lie National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, who Iihh J tint relumed from u slndy of transport conditions nhrond. JohnHon attended I he fourth session of the international rond congress con-gress nt Seville, where some GOO of the leading highway officials of the globe gathered to exchange Information Informa-tion and views. ''The dominant note at Seville," he Bald, "was a general recognition that motor transport Is on a permanent basis ahroad as well as In the United States, and with this In mlml, discussion discus-sion centered on ways and means of giving Its use the broadest possible economic application. "Among the resolutions passed were those calling for governmental uld for motorbus lines in communities and countries where Inadequate facilities now exist; the need for uniform traffic traf-fic rules and regulations; for progressive progres-sive studies Into city and rural planning plan-ning in order to ullay congestion and for centralized authority In dealing with highway problems. "Other sections dealt with the physical physi-cal side of highway construction and design, including methods of relocating relocat-ing and widening highways, types of maintenance and other engineering problems." In his survey of existing transport conditions In Europe, Mr. Johnson found that questions of finance, coordination co-ordination of motor with other forms of transport, and that of handling traffic traf-fic In congested areas are the subjects sub-jects uppermost in the minds of government gov-ernment officials. |