DIRECTOR OF TRAFFIC CONSIDERING JAY-WALKING BAN FOR BUSY D.C. STREETS
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On March 26, 1925, "a jay-walking regulation for busy streets (in the Nation's Capital) will be carefully considered as one possible means of improving traffic conditions."
So says M.O. Eldridge, Director of Traffic, who is making an inquiry "into what other cities have done along that line." Mr. Eldridge has been informed that Los Angeles, California "has been...successful in trying out a regulation governing the manner in which pedestrians...cross streets."
The director indicates a new signal "apparatus may be installed on 16th Street."
SOURCE
"Jay-Walking Ban For Busy Streets To Be Considered," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., March 26, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
