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Flint's Traffic System

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Flint made its first organized at-
tempt to solve the traffic situation in
July when a separate division of the
police department was established to
handle that end of the police work.
Sergeant McDonald was placed in
charge of the division and working
hand in hand with the ordinance com-
mittee of the common council he was
able to secure the passage of a
"through street" ordinance forcing
automobiles to come to a halt before
crossing or entering important
thoroughfares and a new parking or-
dinance has also been drafted and
passed to its second reading which it
is expected will materially relieve the
congested condition of city streets.
Coupled with this legislative action
execueive action has been taken by the
traffic division to apprehend and ar-
raign viloators of the ordinance and
with the co-operation of the judges
in dealing out fines for violations,
progress has been very satisfactory
in educating the public to observe the
regulations.
Another important phase of the
campaign to solve the local traffic
problem is the traffic engineering
methods which are being employed to
eliminate traffic accidents. Where
parking space is at a premium in the
downtown district some relief has
been provided by the city engineering
department in cutting curbs so that
cars may he driven up into the space
between sidewalk and curb at right
angles to the street, reducing traffic
obstruction to a minimum. Where
dangerous corners exist due to jogs in
the streets the engineering department
is planning to cut off corners to pro-
vide the maximum amount of safety
for the motorist.
The welfare of the pedestrian has
likewise received careful raised con-
crete safety zones with concrete pil-
lars at the end from which traffic ap-
proaches offering refuge for persons
waiting for cars in the downtown dis-
trict.
Another precaution taken by the de-
partment which has also received fav-
orable comment is the practice of di-
viding streets in four parts, by means
of whitwash tins down the middle be-
tween curb and car track. The space
to the right of the line or between it
and the curb is used by vehicles wish-
ing to make a right hand turn at the
next corner, while the space to the left
of the line is used by cars bound
through without turn.
Something novel in the way of pro-
tection of officers from the chilly win

ter blasts is provided in snug little
booths from which traffic is directed
by a target net on the pointed roof of
the booths.
One of the next developments plan.
ned by the traffic division is the estab-
lishment of traffic towers at two ponds
in the downtown district, similar to
those in service in Detroit and other
cities.
Police headquarters has been so re-
modelled that the new traffic division
has been provided with commodious
quarters on the ground floor of the
building where it is readily accessabl e
to the public.

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