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December 13, 1922
The Watchman And Southron
Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
An automobile industry expert argues that highways are saturated due to car proliferation and proposes double-deck streets as the solution: lower level for vehicles, upper for pedestrian balconies along buildings, predicting gradual urban transformation.
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DOUBLE DECK STREETS
"The only saturation point in the automobile industry," says an automobile man, "is the capacity of the highways." In city streets and in highways near large cities, he remarks, capacity has been reached already. It is possible, but expensive and difficult, to broaden or multiply thoroughfares in built-up sections. What then?
"Double-deck streets is the answer," he says.
It is not a new idea. Double-deck streets have been long foreseen as the ultimate solution for dense traffic. But the advent and rapid increase of the automobile has accelerated the crowding process and hastened the demand for a remedy.
We shall see it, no doubt, before long this new type of street, with the lower level given up mainly or wholly to vehicle traffic and the upper level providing balcony-sidewalks along the walls of office buildings for pedestrians. The innovation may come so gradually as to attract little attention, but in a generation or so people may wake up all at once to a realization that the whole face of our cities has been changed, thanks to the insistence of the ubiquitous motor car.
"The only saturation point in the automobile industry," says an automobile man, "is the capacity of the highways." In city streets and in highways near large cities, he remarks, capacity has been reached already. It is possible, but expensive and difficult, to broaden or multiply thoroughfares in built-up sections. What then?
"Double-deck streets is the answer," he says.
It is not a new idea. Double-deck streets have been long foreseen as the ultimate solution for dense traffic. But the advent and rapid increase of the automobile has accelerated the crowding process and hastened the demand for a remedy.
We shall see it, no doubt, before long this new type of street, with the lower level given up mainly or wholly to vehicle traffic and the upper level providing balcony-sidewalks along the walls of office buildings for pedestrians. The innovation may come so gradually as to attract little attention, but in a generation or so people may wake up all at once to a realization that the whole face of our cities has been changed, thanks to the insistence of the ubiquitous motor car.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Double Deck Streets
Automobile Saturation
Urban Traffic
City Innovation
Highway Capacity
What entities or persons were involved?
Automobile Man
Where did it happen?
City Streets And Highways Near Large Cities
Story Details
Key Persons
Automobile Man
Location
City Streets And Highways Near Large Cities
Event Date
Before Long, In A Generation Or So
Story Details
An expert identifies highway capacity as the limit for automobiles, already reached in urban areas, and advocates double-deck streets with lower vehicle level and upper pedestrian balconies as the inevitable solution, foreseeing gradual city transformation.