City Council Gets New Parking Bill

Overnight parking near the University came one step nearer realization yesterday at the Cambridge City Council meeting. The Council received the long-awaited Traffic Board survey to determine how many cars can be parked around city parks, playgrounds, and totlots, and found that over 500 automobiles can be accommodated in areas around the University and Radcliffe property.

Whether the Council passes any legislation to allow such parking will not be known till after January 7, however. The survey was referred to the Council's Committee on Ordinances, which must consider all matters before they finally become law.

Furthermore, there may be some opposition to legalizing overnight parking, Mayor Edward A. Crane '35 intimated yesterday. Parking on the narrow streets around the Houses can seriously impede the work of fire engines and snow removers, he stated.

The streets which the survey mentioned to open to parking include Massachusetts Avenue, Boylston Street, Plympton Street, Prescott Street, Oxford Street, McCarthy Road, Kirkland Street, and Quincy Street.