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Buses the Mainstay but New Types?
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OUR society has become geared to trucks and other commercial vehicles. said Mr. Marples when he opened this week's Commons debate on the Buchanan and Crowther reports. These vehicles, he admitted, certainly contributed to congestion, but they provided services we would find it very difficult to do without. They were, in fact, an essential part of modern town life.
Dealing with public transport the Minister said that for most towns buses would be the mainstay, although not necessarily in quite the same form as we know them now. He did not rule out new technical developments, such as travelators and mono-rails. The bus, however, would still he important and it must be ensured that it offered an attractive service.
"This does not necessarily mean subsidies or lower fares. The quality of services is more important, serving the right places at the right time and the right frequency, with proper pro v is:on for changing routes and such like ", the
Minister of Transport told the House.
"Also, I do not see that we shall be wedded to the buses as we now know them ", went on Mr. Marples. "There are many ways in which, technically, they could be altered to suit the needs of the travelling public much better. There is resistance to this in many quarters, but that resistance will have to be overcome."
From the Opposition front bench, Mr. George Strauss condemned. the Government's attitude that the prime consideration in public transport was that it should pay its way.
Mr. Anthony Wedgwood Berm (Labour, Bristol South East) suggested large trailer hoses without seats, a sort of mobile bus queue which could move people to the main line stations at night just at the time they wanted to go. If there were electric tugs pulling trailers of this kind they could recharge their batteries in the day time and would be needed only in the rush hours and when they could pull people about much more effectively, he said.