A Commission: to Make Recommendations to the Council to Improve Conditions The following appears in this week's Municipal Gazette:—
The Council has appointed Commission to inquire into the traffic conditions prevailing in Shanghai and to. make recommendations to Council as to what" measures to effect an pr improvement in the existing conditions. The following gentlemen have accepted invitations to serve on the Commission:—Messrs. C. W. Atkinson, Dr. H. Chatley, J. S. 8. Cooper, G. Grayrigge, R. B. Herbert, A. J. Hughes, W. R. MeBain, G. Okada, G. E. Poet, G. E. Tucker At the moment the authorities do not consider it advisable to make any further communication on the subject, preferring to wait until the terms of reference definitely have eon settled. As indicated, the gentlemen named have consented to assist as far as possible, but there must be some intimation as to the Hines upon which they should proceed. Shanghai's traffic problem is [so Vast that a Commission might sit for years without being able to discuss all its variations, but it is assumed that the present iden is to deal more with the congestion the main thoroughfare certain hours. There have: been suggestions for additional parking arems and also the proposal made Public at the last annual meting of the Automobile Association for Jcentrally situated motor ear boarding-houses—giant establishments of several floors where cars could be stalled during office hours at nominal rents. An obvious difficulty in connexion with the latter would be the state of panic between 9 and 10 a. when the ears were coming in, and again about noon, when their owners all would be calling for them about the same time. Apparently it such questions as these with which the Commission will be expected to deal, though it may have to go forthe
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