'A Dream of Better Things the Editor of the "Normi-Cutxa Dany New Sm—The other day it took me 27 minutes from the Bund to the ace Club, having had the misfortune' run" against every" red. Tight on Nanking Road. That night T had a dream; here li is:
Some clever fellow in the Trate Department, figured. out a schedule for Nanking Road, Starting with the Bund "red. light." a warning "was sent to Szechuen Road and. sub-Sequent junctions that the trame was move North and South for 2-3 minutes and alt roads crossing Nanking Road worked on the. same Schedule, so when the Tight "was treen at the Bund, trae moved with the green Tights, say, to" Chekiang Toad, a break here and another run through to the Race Club; the more T thought of this dream the more onvinged Tam that i can be work-
Also T saw the buses being sent up the Bund to Peking Road and there fumed: around Instead. of clustering tp. Nanking Road and the Bund at this point.
Further T saw the TramMe Department stop buses from racing down our heavily "congested Central Dis-{eiet and prohibit them from passing each other going In the same. direc: tion: also it came clearly to me that rickshaws were stopped behind buses and not permitted to. pass a station" ary bus and jet caught in the middle of the road between the moving bus andi motor trae.
Next our wide-awake Traffic Department. approached the Automobile Club to call for volunteers: to "Special Tratfie. Policemen: {thelr duties would be to report motor-and others, who. pass on the lind" side and break other tref regulations. Once our. "roadhoy realized that any. private ear may contain a "Speciat"" they would doubtedly stop speeding and cutting {n, which is quite the order of the day; further "Specials" would report cars who cannot or do not keep with the traffic and Yeave 10 oF 15 car lengths to tempt rickshaws and pedestrians from maki a wild. dash only to be caught by trame moving {nthe opposite directions:'T feel sire these drivers are the cause most aeeldents and are probably ffrald (o keep up with other ears duc io some mechanical, defect. "After a report the Police might check up on the ear reported.
Finally T think the Trafle Department, might try to cash in on Municlpat parking spaces: my idea would charge all cars who use public parking. space, say, $8 per month oF 40 or 80 conis per day. With this Fevenue they could provide police watchmen to fave owner drivers fom spare parts thieves and also the jock ree" boys, who are once again becoming a regular pest.
What about re-introducing one-way trate on Hankow Toad Ownrn Drwer vor 20 Yeans-
Shanghai, Dee. 27.
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