Show Offers Solution for Busy Bus Intersectional Traffic T rafI rafIc c DT By D ISRAEL Isn ILEIN I Science Editor XE Service traffic code can be adopted In the UnIted States Before a uniform problems of at ot traffic inis must be solved That Thatis puzzling one of at the most Js is the congestion sorts at ot of busy efforts Intersections to relieve this It Is still far Despite satisfactory all solution EspecIallY Is this tru true where street cars from rom a districts heart of at the busiest usually In the left lett turns make have havo been for for- forbidden forbidden and even een right turns turn for tor 11 automobiles Left Lett turns laId out paral- paral Way One streets have been crossings bidden at many ew the themore maIn highways with a ot relievIng the on II to tho rho avoid rerouted to lines have ben been more nore Important streets Street car iii u v turning at such corners cornIS congested Yet those corners s still l remain the busiest and nd most mot abandoned and rIght turn turns made from tram l tA rt tt turns puns may mil be he under the three signal system system-Stor stein stein- renter nt at way two o ay and Turn Turn Turn-to to relieve c traffic raffle Stop Straight iu Q Q o 0 o t t 2 I tom Q o view ot of an lin eminent traffic authority Tro Tre reason tor for this In the tho ot of two the sIgnals stop and for Go-for directing I our present system William Hob Hobbs bS directed attention to this fault traffic Prof Ewart wart his solution to the situation In the National two Iwo years ago and gave ga of at the National Safety Council News the official organ Safety Dr Hobbs solution Is the Installation of a triple signal system In- In instead In Instead stead of ot the double Stop Straight and Turn By this system autos would not turn before beCore they got sot their special signal and traffic would be cleared for Cor them alone At important Intersections the right turn could be bo retained but tho street left and crosses es a 1 way one When hen ft a t nay no-nay 1 0 way o-way Ift cro right turns Innis may mn I Ir II 2 made with case as S shown by b these diagram under I the Hie three signal lIr s selem pp p O OO Q p J c t I It O l l t O f o left turn eliminated At AL other points left lett turns could be made mada Into streets at the given signal or from one way Into the way two two two- way streets At crossings of ot way two streets alone In case caso of left turns a method such as that prevailing In Los Angeles could be followed There do not cross and turn like children locking arms around a pivot Instead each makes a snort short sh ort cut to the left leU passing theother the theother theother other car to the right and causing less delay By this me method hod street cars could make their left lett turns and auto auto- automobiles automobiles mobiles pass across their left without the confusion now existing In his original suggestion Dr Hobbs had automobiles that would turn to the tho right keep to the extreme right while those t preparing for fora fora tora a left turn move over o to the center of ot the street An improvement of this would be the provision for the opposite art arAt ar- ar arAt At t crossings of ot way one streets the Turn Burn Turn signal may mar be abandoned for left and right turns turus ma may be made at t will into the crossing traffic as shown hown o P Po o Th Thus automobiles before turning right should turn out to the left or middle of ot the street awaiting their special signal Those expecting to turn left should move close to the right right hand hand curb for narrow way one-way streets or Into tho the center lane for tor wide Ide way two two streets There would be a possibility of ot contusion confusion over this system only at busy corners where here two Important way two streets Intersect Here however the left turn could be eliminated Iett Left Lett turns at any rate could well be avoided In many Instances Where here they would work work trouble ork trouble for tor or drivers they could be Instituted at way one street Intersections 0 or I at the best Intersections Intersection of ot tao t way o 0 way ay and way one-way streets Here lIere turning out for left or right turns would make It easy for large cars and busses to get through traffic without delay dela |