proper. The other cars had to use the road via Adler Gestell-Adlershof. Even after carrying out all these special measures, it could not be avoided that during the rush hours on several occasions, the traffic on the Adler Gestell could travel temporarily only in one direction. On the whole, the special traffic programme proved very suitable.
Two viewpoints had to be considered for the section surrounding the competition grounds: On one hand, enough space for parking had to be provided and order had to be kept on the parking grounds. On the other hand, the requirements of those immense crowds had to be considered who arrived by means of public transportation. The police had been able to influence the construction of the Reich Sport Field with regard to the traffic problems which would necessarily arise from the directing of crowds up to 150,000 persons to the different scenes of competition in the most effective manner. The streets around the Reich Sport Field had been enlarged, and a wide empty field was left all around the Stadium. The field was surrounded by a fence. Only those people who had tickets to the Stadium were allowed to pass through this fence. From the beginning, the important problem of parking had been given consideration. Endless difficulties would have arisen if the arriving cars had blocked the streets. From 10,000 to 15,000 vehicles were expected. The existing parking places could only serve 4,000 cars and 1,500 motorcycles. The problem was rendered even more difficult when, shortly before the opening of the Games, some of the planned new parking grounds at the north of the Stadium had to be used for a different purpose. Since the police did not want to enforce their right to that space for parking purposes, it was necessary to find a new area to be used for parking. Negotiations with the Ministry of the Interior resulted in the creating
Parking Grounds. On the field between the Stadium and fence are the cars of the Olympic Motor Car Staff for the Olympic Committee.
Waiting for the arrival of the Fьhrer. The hundreds of thousands who formed a wall on both sides of the main artery from Brandenburg Gate to the Stadium did not make the task of the traffic police easier.
of parking grounds in the woods south of the Municipal Railway, and various other smaller parking grounds. All of these together would have served no more than 2,500 cars. The police had to find additional reserve parking space, and a number of nearby small streets which were unimportant for the main traffic, were held in reserve. Using all these parking grounds, a total of 14,000 cars could be parked. On some days, this figure was actually reached.
The crowds arriving by means of the Underground, Municipal Railway and tramway had to be guided to the Reich Sport Field in such a way that, if possible, they did not cross the path of the motor traffic. Therefore, Trakehner Allee, at the Municipal Railway exit was closed to motor cars. For those who arrived by the Underground or tramway and had to cross Romintener Allee or Stadion Allee, the problem was less difficult, as these streets were not much used for motor traffic. One disagreeable consequence of closing Trakehner Allee to motor traffic was the fact that now there were two sections of parking space which had no communication with each other. Should one section be overcrowded, it would not have been possible to send the overflow to the other section. This shows once more the great importance of correct direction of the traffic from the very beginning at the distant traffic centres as Knie or Adolf Hitler Square. The two police posts there had to be informed in time if an overcrowding on either side was to be expected. The principle that crowds of pedestrians should not be interrupted by motor vehicles required that no cars be