PAGE TN TiE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1967 Highway Study, Predicts Greater Traffic Congestion *1 I DETROIT (P-) - If you think finding a downtown parking space is tough these days, wait ten years and you will find things even tougher. That was the conclusion of the Automobile Manufacturers Asso- ciation Saturday in a detailed study of what lies ahead for mo- torists of the future.- It painted a foreboding picture of many more cars crowding onto already heavily traveled highways, especially in downtown businessI districts. The AMA financed study fore- saw an increasingly important role for trains and buses in easing traffic problems in metropolitan of cars hooked together for rapid early application of these sys- 1.5 persons per car were increased areas. travel on freeways. tems." to 2.2 persons, all peak-hour tran- The project laid heavy emphasis "Prototype systems already exist Surveying the future of bus and sit riders could be accommodated on the job of the expressway or that would permit automated train systems, the report said "ur- in most cities with no increase in freeway road system in peoples' steering and spacing control of of ban transit riding has been declin- car use in downtown areas," AMA's ability to get from one place to automobiles on freeway-type road-'ing steadily since 1945. However,,report said. another in a hurry, and without ways," it said. as urban population continues to The report showed that Dallas long traffic tieups. "Such systems which may be in increase, it is expected that trans- currently leads large U.S. cities There was one suggestion for partial use by 1975 Fill permit it patronage by 1980 will be 10 to in the amount of downtown land a special lane on expressways to cars to travel bumper-to-bumper 15 percent above 1960 and will ap- devoted to parking areas, with handle nothing but bus traffic. at speeds up to 150 miles per hour proximate 8.5 billion passengers a some 17 percent of downtown real' "Operational tests indicate that a with the driver retaining manual year.. estate devoted to parking facili- separate lane could accommodate contirol of the car when not on an It suggested that much of the ;ties. 60,000 persons an hour in 1,450 automated roadway. auto congestion problem could be.j On a national scale, about 50 buses at conventional freeway AMA said that "although most avoided in the future if the aver- percent of all downtown business dnn age number of people per car were district land is devoted to streets, ~speeds in metropolitan areas," the technical obstacles have been ov- increased. sdwlsadprig report said. ercome already, economic factors n;"Ifpresent car occupancies of Another foresaw the possibility constitute the major constraint to AMA said that revitalization of trtn~ AYls~l' f~xtl t"aC S~11ld dip GRADS. & STUDENTS 21 & OLDER REGISTER TO VOTE A in Ann Arbor City Election April 6th at City Hall, 2nd floor until March 6th i1 11 Lf.. . N rA ".";r ::-.V.V: rr.= m " DAILY OFFICIAL Bt :.v1.vr."r.4".".v.:..i.aS$^:^o.:"".^:. ..:".v".: : l.:"s."." n : "rirr.+: a.^:1": v{::.::;v.;:; lmany downtow n areas woul ae- :.:r.::"::;;::~~~~~~.«.::::::";:";;;. ;:..;;.;.:. 0RG:N.:Z;T:N end on the success which com-a ::. ORGAN I Z AT I ON I"munities have in developing better; roadways systems to get autos and ~I T (_0E Sbuses into them with a minimum U LLETI NOTICES of delay. The manner in which _______-_adequatae parking facilities were :.;X":;USE OF THIS COLUMN FORl AN-j arranged would also be a factor .................................s*V %.......NOUNCEMENTS is available to officially in making the areas attractive to the east door of Hill Aud. by 1:30 p.m., recognized and registered student orga- shoppers. March 5. nizations only. Forms are available in Room 1011 SAB. Another paragraph that could Student Government Council Approval * * * make still more motorists unhap- of the following student sponsored University Lutheran Chapel, 1511 my stiles e mtrists"nap- events becomes effective 24 hours after Washtenaw, midweek Lenten service, 10 py suggested that parking "garage the publicatior. of this notice. All pub- p.m., March 1, Pastor Scheips speaks design and rate schedules should licity for these events must be with- on "Rationalistic Religion or Christ?" encourage short-term parking, es- held until the approval has become ef- * * * fective. Square Dance Club, Dance for March pecially in the core portions of Approval request forms for student 4 cancelled. largest cities." Registration Open Mon.-Fri. 8:00 A.M,-5:00 P.M. and March 6th 8:00 A.M.-8:00 P.M. MIKE KOENEKE, SGC Voter Registration 663-0553 The Daily Offtical Bulletin is an official publication of the Univer- sity of Michigan for which The Michigan E)aily assumes no editor- ial responsibility. Notices should be sent in TY' WRlIlTT'N' form to Room 3564 Administration Bldg. be- fore 2 p m. of the day preceding publication and by 2 p.m. Friday for Saturday and Sunday. General Notices may be published a maxi- mum of two times on request; Day Calendar items appear once only. Student organization notices are not accepted for publication. For more information call 764-9270. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 Day Calendar Bureau of Industrial Relations Sem- inar-"The Management of Managers": 146 School of Business Administration, 8:15 a.m. Sesquicentennial Alumni Celebration --Registration, Lobby, Michigan Nn- ion, 9 a.m. Anatomy Seminar-Dr. James G. Wil- son, professor of research, pediatrics and anatomy, Children's Hospital Re-, search Foundation University of Cln- cinnati: "The Teratological and Repro- ductive Studies in Non-Human Prim- ates," 2501 East Medical Bldg., 4 p.m. Opening Banquet for Alumni Sesqui- centennial Celebration-Speaker: Jack Vaughn, director of the Peace Corps, 6 p.m., Michigan Union Ballroom. Symposium in Chemical Physics Lec- ture-John D. Baldeschwieler, Stanford University, "Study of Ion-molecule Re- actions by Cyclotron Resonance Spec- troscopy": 296 Physics-Astronomy, 8 p.M. University Musical Society Concert - Andres Segovia: Rackham Aud., 8:30 p.m. General Notices Legal Opportunities Symposium-Fu- ture of the young attorney. Discussion ?eriod, Lawyers Club Lounge, Fri., March 3, 3:30 p.m. Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Chris Ar- gyris, Yale University, will speak on: "The Unintended Consequences of Rig- orous Research," Fri., March 3, 4:15 p.m., Room 1025 Angell Hall. Coffee will be served from 3:45 to 4:15 p.m. In Room 3417 Mason Hall. SESQUICENTENNIAL EVENTS Opening Banquet for Alumni Sesqui- centennial Celevration: Speaker: Jack Vaughn, director of the Peace Corps, Wed., March 1, 6 p.m., Michigan Union Ballroom. Reservations may still be made through the Conference Dept., 412 Maynard, 764-5304. Alumni Sesquicentennial Program: Playwright Arthur Miller, CBS news cor- respondent Mike Wallace and Esquire Publisher Arnold Gingrich will discuss "The Right of Free Expression." Open to students and public without charge. Thurs., March 2, Rackham Lecture Hall, 10 a.m. Alumni Sesquicentennial Program: "The Political Picture Today" will be discussed by Senator Philip A. Hart end Representative Gerald H. Ford. Open to students and public free of charge. Thurs., March 2, Rackham Lecture Hall, 2:30 p.m. All-Sports Athletic Banquet-Honor- ing "greats" in Michigan's athletic his- tory. Thurs., March 2, 6 p.m., Michi- gan Union Ballroom. Reservations may be made through Sesqui-Information Desk, 764-4487. Alumni Sesquicentennial Program: "American Enterprise - What Lies Ahead?" Lynn Townsend, chairman of the board of Chrysler Corp., Donald C. Cook, president of the American Electric Co., and H. Bruce Palmer, president of the National Industrial 'onference Board. "The Future of Amer- ican Enterprise." Fri., March 3, 10 a.m., Rackham Lecture Hall. Open to stu- dents and public free of charge. . Alumni Sesquicentennial Program: "The Law and Public Order" will be discussed by alumni Hobart Taylor, di- rector of the Export-Import Bank of Washington; Judge John R. Brown, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, and Dr. Richard A. Wasserstrom, dean