Show WAlKERS JAY ARE PENALIZED Los Angeles Pedestrians Must Watch Cops Signals BY fly Min v Special COIT Correspondent of oC e Th 1926 1 2 b by Site rho Consoli Consoli- Cone Consolidated Consolidated dated Press Association LOS t-OS Fob tob 14 Cities CHips with more than a halt half million population and anil wIll more II I than tItan half halt acute noute traffic conditions In their do downtown n i s 5 can canI cango cango caneo go a 0 long a to at I ooh InS such problems by bv putting a a ban banon banon banon I I on Jay walking Th The facts are arc being b ln proved rove 1 he here hereIn herIn ro roIn In Los 10 Angeles An eles where here probably ably ably the no narrowest cst nto n Street or of t an laree city In time the tl country and with Ith more mor- autOmO autOmObiles automo biles than any elt iti In tbs tb's th tl world orld except pt po possibly l leYo cw eYo 1 and ork-and can con al IlYs get Bit an argument here hore on that Vehicular congestion In tic H bust busi busiest est nt business sections hM ha at- at almost al almost most entire eliminated PI JI Ei Lo Loi Angeles Angelea enacted Its anti anti- Jav antl-Jav Mt J ordinance III si ee weeks necks ks ago 0 The Th for lor violators VIolator Is Isa iSS S tine tin ot or U i s or r rive five do dos das d s in Jail tor for rort Texas Texa Loa 10 Angeles is II said to tt bo be 0 l the lh ho only large Iorge city in the Ith an Ja antl-Ja jalo walking law that Car Car- Carne car carries ne ries teeth feth By coupling the tho j y T ban with an automatic ce central I control directing etl eth dOI down down- n I town to the traffic rattle th same master naster signal I atom already o In tn ue o In many large larte LOC Lo cities Loa Angelo tn lit six l weeks Is 18 claimed to iii hate O accomplished th the start hag traffic results result Speeded up vehiCular traffic 40 per cent Facilitated pedestrIan 50 per cent Speeded up street treet nr lr mo o 0 meat ment 26 25 per cent Cut down do II accident to peau- peau trin front from s 95 05 i perCent per cent fine mI Enabled En bl d fire tir apparatus and am- am ambulances am ambulances to mo moe e through t ed rond- rond d M ad downtown struts streets at more than double their former l In their th lr camp campaign of against Jay ly Los police hav bait had to more mort than SOO OO p peons ns duro dur- ln dur-ln Ing the tho lh six aix weeks week VT kj UJ h as u the Iho new nw continues In effect time the or of decreases Most Mast ot at the i arrests hate hav been of ot a who InsIsted on cutting a across the street In III the th middle or of o a II block with block w A ith a few w included wimp who defied traffic officers neon of or signals ot at t street t intersectIons Pines Fines of 3 1 ha hate hae e been n on the th 11 It nia- nia ma nu majority of or those thos arrested te l About tho only Jay walking s a permitted to go ro free tres have hir teen been who had jut Just arrived In Los LOl Angeles Angelos and who ho pleaded Ig ig- ig norance florance or of f the th nw new ordinance Under the th new combination ot of Jay jay anti walking and nv trl H con signals system manip manipulate the th same sarno sam duo boil serna semu- signal Ignal at tO SO do dow I street corners Los Angeles now motes mo move 11 13 biles bile across a a street In in 30 10 seconds second whereas e sot en enor or eight Could bo be b hand haiti e ed 1 In III the te some same interval Inter during I traffic regulations I I t OROS AT GORI GOR I It J Ml Not only are p pio- pio pio from crossing sti-eds sti lr els an ant ant- where but at street corm rs rs but they the are arc compelled d to wilt lIt at street intersections Of or or e I trat- trat rat rattle tic tle officer signal p Pr mote mo only In Itt tile the III as vehicular lIe Because au e of or the th su n c d of nf Los Ios Angeles In doing awa away wim trat tlc flo on in the th s x weeks the tho new now Jay w ot ha en b-en b en In effect mot mOl n than a Score ot or middle Pa- Pa Pacific Pa Pacific coast cities ho have hate e cent cn rep rep- lure during Lao tte tn liast two n weeks to makil mak studies of or m methods s and |