The perennial problem of Shanghai trafic congestion is 50 much a sub-Jeet of public. attention that a Feeapttulstion of recent efforts to cope with it may be timely, Al~ though the despairing traveller along Nanking Road is apt to believe. th the powers that be are regular Gallios in this matter, the truth is that constant attention' is being paid for all kinds of suggestions and devices {or easing the position. The Rickshaw Board" is handling one special aspect of the problem and its doings have been well in the public eye, The Bus Company has bright~ ened Shanghai streets with its double-deckers, the novelty of which has not yet enurely vanished, Their popularity is beyond dispute, in fact the general verdict probably is that more would be appreciated by the "The chief difficulties in securing 9 lightning change in trafic conditions may be said to lie in the narrowness fof Shanghai's streets, the concentra. tion of Wale at certain rush hours within a very small area, the variety of the trafic and the diversity of the needs of the population. The physical peculiarities of the restricted rea on which Shanghai stands also comes into account, and with them the existence of three different munleipat authorities. This latter point 1s now in process of being tackled, because. efforts are being made to secure the ce-operation of the three municipalities in handling certain aspects of the traffic problem fon the basis of common policy.
"AS has already been noted in these columns, attention has been drawn jek of inter-running facilities the Settlement, the French jon and the Chinese Municlality.
It is felt that frank diseus-Sion of the difficulties between the Gifferent authorities might result in the emergence of valuable sugges tons, This has special reference to the north-south trame through the tlement, which is now almost tirely confined to the Central Distrist and ought to be diverted further west,
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