Approach to Urban Traffic Problems
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STAGGERED working hours and the use of crush-load buses would ease urban traffic problems, said Lord Merrivale of Walkhampton, president of the institute of Traffic Administration, at the annual dinner of the Birmingham centre on Monday.
Dual dipping headlights having amber bulbs should be made compulsory and stopping on trunk roads should be prohibited, he added.
After describing the value of close contact between the supervisory staff and the workers, Mr. W. T. James, West Midland Licensing Authority, suggested that the presence of the general manager of a passenger transport undertaking at bus depots when crews were starting work in the morning would encourage the feeling that their difficulties were being shared. Other problems were secondary to creating good human relations among management and men.
Outlining the research work of the Institute, Mr. E. H. Burns, chairman. Said that in Manchester there had been close co-operation with the local authority in the study of traffic congestion and he appealed to other centres to seek similar co-operation in their Own areas.
Mr, W. H. Smith, general manager of Birmingham City Transport, said that the Government should spend more on road improvements in towns, rather than in the country, to ease traffic congestion. He was confident that the fuel tax would soon be reduced.