The Daily Tar Heel Wednesday, August 27, 19865
1-way streets relieve congestion
By DAN MORRISON
Staff Writer
Drivers confused and inconven
ienced by the restriping of Columbia
and Pittsboro streets in the fall will
be glad to know that those altera
tions have produced their intended
effects.
"The changeover was designed to
relieve congestion on Pittsboro and
Columbia," said Johnny Tapp, street
superintendent for the Chapel Hill
Streets Department. "It is working
fine at this point."
Both streets turned one-way last
Thanksgiving weekend, dealing yet
another blow to Chapel Hill's "vil
lage atmosphere."
Travelers who used to drive south
"on Columbia Street toward the
medical buildings must now turn
right onto Cameron Avenue and
then left onto Pittsboro Street,
finally picking up Columbia at its
intersection with Manning Drive.
"Accidents have decreased by
almost half since the roads went one
way," said Keith Lohmann, Chapel
Hill Police. Department liaison.
"Traffic congestion has been reduced
considerably on both streets."
"In a years time," said Lohmann,
"Columbia and Pittsboro streets
probably have somewhere between
50 and 75 accidents." But since
Thanksgiving, there have been only
25 to 30 accidents, he estimated.
Lohmann added that although
traffic has decreased on Columbia
Street, it may have increased on
Pittsboro. which has changed from
a side street to a major thoroughfare.
Returning from their holiday last
year, students may have been tem
porarily confused by new one-way
signs and freshly painted streets. But
the decision to switch the direction
of the busy roads came as part of
Chapel Hill Town Council's long
term thoroughfare plan, according
to councilman David Godschalk.
The total process of changing
Columbia and Pittsboro streets took
just three hours. All sign changes and
reconfiguration of traffic lights had
been taken care of prior to Thanks
giving weekend.
Funding for the changeover came
primarily from the state, Lohmann
said, because Columbia was a state
road and Pittsboro became one
when it went one-way.
Pittsboro Street is now a southern
extention of N.C. Route 86.
In addition to road construction,
the N.C. Department of Transpor
tation has made use of "counter
wires" around Chapel Hill rubber
hoses mounted on busy streets to
monitor traffic flow.
Periodically placed on highways
15-501 and 54, wires have recently
appeared on South and Franklin
streets to uncover potential traffic
blockage points.
At last count, 15,000 to 16,000
vehicles were using Franklin Street
on a daily bases.
Several town council members
and past mayoral candidates have
suggested making more roads one
way to manage the town's ever
increasing traffic flow.
Cost off soda pop hops 5 cents
at camoMS vending machines
By STEPHANIE BURROW
Staff Writer
It used to be convenient to slide
two quarters into the Coke
machine and pick up your favor
ite soda. Now you will need an
extra nickel.
Triangle Coin Caterers
changed prices on its soft drink
vending machines from 50 cents
to 55 cents just before the begin
ning of the school year.
"The raise in price is a function
of economics," said Bill Parker
of Triangle Coin Caterers. "If
costs go up, so do retail prices."
"It's an accumulative thing," he
added. "The machines do not
accept pennies. If our supplier
goes up a few cents per case, we
have to up prices (in vending
machines) a nickel."
Triangle Coin Caterers owns
franchised vending machines in
Durham, Northern Wake, South
Granville and Person counties, as
well as in Chapel Hill and Car
rboro, Parker said. There are 30
vending machine locations on
campus.
The price is up everywhere in
the Triangle area, he said. "There
are facilities that have been 55
cents for over a year now," he
said.
Tom Shetley, director of Aux
iliary Services at UNC, said the t
University receives 15.2 percent
commission on all vending
machine sales.
Gross sales in soft drinks alone
was $694,188 for the past year,
he said.
"The commissions that the
University receives help provide
scholarships for financially dis
tressed students," Shetley said.
"Some go to debt liquidation.
"When the food services under
went renovation, some of those
commissions went to that, but
most went to the scholarship trust
funds," he added.
Shetley said vending machine
sales had increased roughly 5
percent per year over the last two
to three years.
"There will be a slight increase
in revenues for the University,
and the vending companies will
experience an increase, but most
of their revenues will be absorbed
in their operating expenses," he
said.
Triangle also operates
cigarette, candy, coffee, milk,
pastry and sandwich machines.
Campus Calendar
The DTH Campus Calendar will
appear daily. Announcements to be
run must be placed in the box outside
the Daily Tar Heel office, Room 1 04
of the Student Union, by noon one
day before weekend announce
ments by noon Wednesday. Only
announcements from University
recognized campus organizations
will be printed.
Wednesday
10:00 a.m. Campus Y Horizons will be
in the Pit with info about
Y committees until 3:30 p.m.
Senior Information Day in
the Pit until 2 p.m. Find out
about senior class activities
and sign up for committees.
12:00 p.m.Career Planning and Place
ment Services will have an
orientation workshop. Job
Hunt 101, in 306 Hanes.
12:45 p.m.Career Planning and Place-.
ment Services will hold a
resume writing workshop,
Job Hunt 102, in 306 Hanes.
5:00 p.m. UNC Glee Clubs will hold
auditions in 103 Hill Hall.
Phone 962-5695.
6:00 p.m. Student Television is hold
ing an orientation meeting
in 208-9 Union.
7:00 p.m. A1ESEC Officers will meet
in 226 Union. Those who
cannot attend should call
Karen at 967-5643.
Maranatha Campus Minis
try presents "A Life Chang
ing Message" by Rusty Rus
sell in Manning Hall.
7:30 p.m. Students for America will
have an organizational
meeting and Central Amer
ica Forum in 18 Union.
UNC Gaming Club invites
all interested people to an
informational meeting in
208 Union.
9:00 p.m. UNC Women's Crew Club
will hold an organizational
meeting in the Union for all
interested rowers.
Items of Interest
The exhibit "Women in American
Physiology, 1890-1940" will be dis
played on the second floor of the
Health Sciences Library on South
Columbia St. through Sept. 2.
1985 Yacks are here! Please come
by 106 Union if you ordered a
yearbook.
Attention Seniors! You can become
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