City measures daily traffic factors for Cedar Rapids streets
Traffic Engineer Mel Meyer reported to the city council that average annual daily traffic factors vary by street and month. The study, taking years, aims to map loads for accident patterns, signs, signals, and future planning, noting First avenue remains the busiest despite revised counts.
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Mel Meyer
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue E
Twenty-seventh Street
Sixteenth Avenue
Traffic study maps hours to predict daily load on city streets
The department began a long term traffic study in 1969 using counts at five station classes across locations on major streets. Data from one year of hourly counts updated annual factors like 1.2657 for Johnson avenue NW to estimate average daily traffic and guide planning and travel timing.
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Johnson Avenue
Meyer
First Avenue
Mt. Vernon Road
State Highway Commission
First Avenue FE
Twenty Seventh Street
Central Business District
First Street
Fourth Avenue
Johnson Avenue NW
Edgewood Road
Prairie Drive
Franklin Local
Iowa Avenue
Thirtieth Street
First Avenue E
Camp Good Health Drive Raises Funds For Memorials
The drive summary shows $10,077.43 raised toward a 1973 budget of $17,671.67 with $7,594.24 still needed. Donors from Whittier Laguna Hills and Lisbon honored friends and family including Fdna Williams Fred Kremenak Louis Mann Anna Messa Col Donald Paxton Jessie Scott Pearle Horan Mrs Howard A Horan Carl Fliermans Edna Baxa. The campaign closes with a final reminder to drive safely.
U N Meeting Highlights World Food Problem at Coe College
Dr. Morris Greene assistant director FAO at the United Nations will speak on The World Food Problem at Coe College on Oct 24 at 7 30. The Cedar Rapids Area Chapter of the United Nations Assn sponsors with multiple local groups for the 28th anniversary of the UN in a program featuring music and a skit. Foreign students from four area colleges are invited as guests. Dr. Greene’s background includes long service with FAO since 1946 and prior Foreign Service work.
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Morris Greene
FAO
United Nations
New York
Coe College
Cedar Rapids Area
United Nations Assn
International Trade Bureau
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
YMCA
YWCA
Hawkeye Labor Council
Linn County Ascs
American Red Cross
American Field Service
Linn-Mar
Beseda
Sokols
Sandy Skelton
McMaster Read Paper at Dayton Colloquium
Mt Mercy college philosophy instructor Robert McMaster will present his paper Philosophical Commitment as Artistic Expression at the University of Dayton fourth annual Colloquium in Philosophy in Dayton Ohio. The program includes seven other papers and a major address by Prof Robert N Beck. McMaster's work will appear later in a University of Dayton Review quarterly.
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Robert McMaster
Mt. Mercy College
University of Dayton
Dayton
Ohio
Robert N. Beck
Clark
University
McMaster
University of Dayton Review
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Mr. Fox
Chosen Few Motorcycle Club
Louis Mann, Jr
Glenn G. Radcliffe
Boone
Anna Messa
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Donald Paxton
Jack Roland
Jessie Scott
Pearle
Howard A. Horan
Roy
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Carl Fliermans
Edna
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U.N
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Food and Agriculture Organization
Australian Foreign Service
Brazil
Washington, D.C
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Columbia University
City College of New York
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Longbranch
Holley’s
LCS
Lindale Plaza
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Bohemian Savings and Loan
Third Street
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