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MINUTES OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETING A regular meeting of the Traffic and Transportation Connnission of the City of Atlanta was held in Connnittee Room No o 1 of the City Hall on Monday, September 25, 1967, at 2:00 p.m. The following members were present : Mr . Mr. Mro Mro Mr. Mr . George Goodwin, Chairman Jack Eo Crowder, Vice Chairman John Re Wilson, Jr. Robert F . Adamson Grady A. Lee Charles C. Mathias Absent : Mr. Peter J o Stelling Also present were City Traffic Engineer Karl Ac Bevins; Mr. P. Andrew Springer, Safety Engineer, The Atlanta Traffic and Safety Council; Mr . John Gerson and Mr. William Nix, Atlanta Transit System, Inc . ; Superintendent J. L. Moseley and Sergeant Mi chael Edwards , Atl a nt a Police Depa rtment. I. II. HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. None PERMITS FOR OFF - STREET PARKING FACILITIES . A. 896 JUNIPER STREET, N.E. Mrs c Atlanta, Georgia. An open lot inbound reservoir spa ces a nd 1 entra nce on Jun i per Street and W. Bo Wellborn , 223 15th Street , N.E., with 27 spaces; self parking; 2 outbound reservoir space; one one exit on Evelyn Street. The City Tra ffic Engineer recommended a pproval of the a pplica tion . The Commi ssion a pproved this re c ommendat i on . B. 623 - 31 WEST PEACHTREE STREET , N.E . Mr o Lewi s Gross , 31 24 Buford Highwa y, Atl a n t a , Georg ia ~ for Qu i ck 'n Tast y Snack Shops , Inc. An open lot wi th 60 space s ; sel f a nd a ttendant pa rking; 6 inbound reservo i r spa ces; one entra nce - exit on West Peachtree St reet . The City Tra ff ic Engine er re commended approval of the a pplica tion wi t h t he fo llowi ng res t r ic t i ons : 1. NO LEFT TURNS int o or out o f t he Wes t Pea cht re e S treet e ntran c e - e x it . 2. On l y 55 parki ng spaces c The Connn i ss i on a pp r ov ed t h i s rec omme ndati on o �Minutes of the Traffic and Trans por t ation Comm i ss ion Meet i ng; September 25, 1967; page 2 C. 14 BUTLER STREET, N.E. Sunshi e Park ing , Inc., 130 Ivy Street , N. E. An open lot wi t h 78 spa es; self parking; 12 inbound rese rvoir spa ces; one entrance on Bu t l e S tree t a .d one ex it on Butle r St reet . The City Tr aff i c Eng i eer r e c omme de d t hat th i s appl i cation be held un t i l some add i t i ona l i nforma i on ou ld be assemb l ed be cause the applica t ion wa s no t f iled un t i l Fr i day , Sep t ember 22 , 196 7, and c e rtain i t ems such a s he inbound and outbound reserv o i r spa ces , tot al numbe r of c ar s pace s , th e parking pl an, sta ll wi dths and a i sle wi dths ne e d c l arificat i on . n view o f t hese unanswered ques tions a nd s ome o her i nforma t i on des · red , t he Commi ss ion membe r s v o t ed t o wit old a .t · on on t he app licat i on un til the ne x t mee ng . I II. REPORT OF TRAFFI ~ ACCIDENTS, Su pe ri nt ende nt J . L. Mose l ey . Sergeant Mi ha e l Edwards re por t ed t hat t h e Fatal Accidents were down 19. 7%, In jured Acci ents we r e u p ~ of 1% a d Pr operty Dama ge down 7% . Se r gean t Edwa r ds re por t e d t he fo l l owi ng t r affic a ci de n ts throu gh Se p temb er 24, 196 7, as ompa red wi th the same peri od n 1966. Fata l Ac ident s I n jured Ac i dents Pr oper ty Damage A I V. RE PORT OF THE TT i den ts 196 7 1966 61 2, 0 26 14, 89 1 76 2, 01 6 16 , 0 10 16 ,978 18 , 102 TRAF l ' ENGIN EER. The Traf fic Eng ineer gav e a b r i e f summary of h i s bu dget request f or the ca l endar year 1968. He also d iscussed b rief l y the pr ogress t o date on the prop os e d use of Staggered Hours to mp rove t raffic ond itions and the seriou s nee d for ad di tiona l new raf ii s i gna l i ns t a l l ations . V. OTHER BUS INES S . A. STEAM I NTERFERI NG WI TH SI hT DI STANCE ON THE FREEWA Y. Members of t he Comm jss i on ·all e d att ention to the Steam wh i ch appears on the Fre eway ( northbou nd as tra f f i c leav es I - 20 eas t and st a rts nor th in t he ne i ghb orhood of Decatur Street and sou t hbou nd on the Downt own Conne tor just be fo re t he Hunter Street Off =Ramp ) wh i c h interferes with s i ght distan e u nder ertain weather cond i t i ons . It was though t t hat s ince thes e curv es on the f re ewa y a r e des i gned wi t h t he idea of gua r ante e ing a cert a in min i mum s i ght di s t a nc e for t he �Minutes of the Traff ic and Tra nsporta t ion Commiss i on Meeting; September 25, 196 7; page 3 high speed traffic that a s c r een of s t eam or any othe r type of i nterfe r ence with s i gh di s tan e should be e l "mina t ed. The Traffic sa nd det e rm i ne what c ould Engi nee r was d i re ted to che k i o be done t o e l ~m· nate th pr o lem. B. OVE RHEAD LANE ASS IGN MENT S GNS . It was sugges · ed that "LEFT ONLY" l a es ce prov ided on Northside Dr ive a t it s i nterse c i o wi Ma r "ett a s · r ee t. Ano t her sugge s t · on was ma e t a · t.raft i i nbou don Wes t Marietta St ree t a As .by S t re e · 1 w ic . now t ra e ls i nbound in t wo l anes 9 be gove n e d b y l& e a ss · gnme _t s · gns whi h des i gna t e the r i ght hand la ne a s a "R GH' ONLY" la e and t e lef lane as a St r a i gh t Through lane. ·c. CAIN STREE r. At t e n t i on was called o the parki g 11 a ppa r e tl y i llegal" wh i ch t akes pla ce on the north s "de of a L Scree t be t ween Pi edmont Av enue an d Cour tland St re t a nd a lso co che l a of alignment between the lane l i nes on t he ea s t s i e o f P edmon t Ave nue a nd t he la ne l i nes on the west side of Pi edmon t Av enue as · raf i move s along Ca i n Street. D. HARRIS STREE T. Attent i o was alled o t e des i rab i l.' t y of ha v ing t he nor t h s i de of Harr i s Stree t be tween Sp r Lng S r e e · a d Pea htre e Street NO PARKI NG AT ANY TIME i n ord er t o b et r t a k a re o · heavy traff i c loads wh i ch freque nt ly o ur on Harr i s S r ee · de s tined t o make a l eft t u rn int o Pea h ree S r e e t and pr oce d no rth on Peachtree t owards t he Rege n y Ho t e 1 du 1. g the ea r y ever, g hou r s. E. ADAMS VILLE . The s i gn t d i s an e pr oblem a used by a store bu i ld i ng on th e sou t h we s t orner of Fa i r burn Roa a nd Ba ers Ferry Roa was i s .u ssed and al s o · he d iffi ul t wh i ch traf icon Baker s Ferry Road has i n cr ossing Fair burn Road wa s d i s uss ed. The Traf fi Eng ineer s t a t ed that s ine a traffi s i gna l wa s a lready i n operation at t he in t er se t ion of Go r don Road ar.d Fa 1.r burn Road and i n ce the r e was su ch a s hor t d i s t a n e a pproximat ely 100 feet ) be ween the s e t wo int ersecti ons that it was a phys i al imposs i b 1 l ity to cons ider us i g traffi s i gna l equ i pmen t a t botb.. lo at io s a n d co n i ue to ac commo date all of he t u rn i ng mov eme nt s that nee d t o t ake pla e . �Minutes of the Traff ic and Transport a t i on Corrnn "ss i on Meet ing; September 25 9 1967; page 4 F. HOWELL MI LL ROAD, N. W. At t e nti on was a l led t o t he pos s i b i l i ty of wi dening Howell Mi ll Road t o a cc orrnnoda te at le a s l f our mov i ng la .e s o f t raf fic a n d pre f erably f i v e la nes of mov ng t r aff ic and to t h e poss i b i l it y of tying t h i s i n wi th the a pp l i at i ons or rezon: n g tha t are c urren tl y t ak i ng pla c e . 0 G. POST OFFI E SUBSTATI ON PARK NG. Attent i on was a ls o a le t o · h park n g problems an d traffic operat ing probl ms w i c s e m o o .ur i n t he i mmed i a t e ne i ghborhood of pos t o ff ·e bra he s . The ques i on wa s asked a s t o th e feasib ility of on · a ·ting the Pos t Mas ter l o see i f p rk i ng and ac c ess c ould be ca refull y ch e ck ed befo r e new st.:..bsca ti o s or bran hes are establ i shed. 0 H. SYLVAN ROAD LAKEWOOD AVENU E. A problem of traff . s ou bo .d o Sy l v an Road t urning lef t in to Lakewoo d Av e ue and en d i n g u p on t e wr on g s i de of the med i an wa s cal l ed to th e Traf ic Eng ' e e 9 s a tte n t i n wi h h e sugges t i on tha t some type of s i gn · n g an d / or mark i ng i s neede d t o min i mi ze or p rev e nt oc u r ance of th i s hazardous mo eme nt . I. STREET LI GHTS . The n e e d f or upgrad i n g s tr e et l i gt t s p part i cul a r ly the one at th e in terse ton o Mi ms S t r e et and Math e wson Pl a e, S . W, , was alle d to t he a t e · i on of the Traf i c Eng i neer. He i n dicated th a t thi s type of p r obl em a be me almost a rouc i ne i tem a n d that the department cou d mov e on 1s i mmediatel y ( a pprox i mately 12 to 15 weeks ne e de d t o omp lete . • J. ONE =WAY STREE TS . Some d i s' u ss i on wa s held rega di g t e growi g need f or one - way ope rat ion on 14 ' h S r ee t , 0 th s ·re e t 9 We st Pea h t ree St reet and Pea chtree S tre et in order t o ak e are of traffi c loads su ch a s th e on es anti c i pated be ing ge npere d by t he pro posed pr oje ct at the no rth ea s t c orn er of 14 Stree t and Pea chtree . There be ing n o f u r he r bus ine ss , · e me eting was adjourned a t 3 : 15 p . m. VI. NEXT MEETIN ·i Mon da y 9 0 t ob e r 3 0 9 1 670 �