Ashton Losing £315 a Week
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PPLYING to the North Weste .1-1. Licensing Authority last week f permission to increase certain fan Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation stat that they were losing £315 a week their motorbuses and trolley buses.
Outlining the proposed increases, /V. E. Andrews said that, in general, fares were to remain unchange although certain of them would I increased to 2d. Single fares of 2d. more would be increased by Ordinary fares were generally to I raised by ld., with proportiona advances on workmen's fares.
Consideration of proposals to rai fares in Hull has been deferred by tl transport committee until next mont It was reported in last week's issue The Commercial Motor that the tran port department estimated a loss 4 £34,823 at the end of the current yea
Lanarkshire County Council ha' withdrawn their objection to ti increases being sought by the Scottii nationalized bus companies. They st that the expense of protesting would nl be justified by the strength of their cas BETTER LOADING FACILITIES WANTED
THE need, in planning new towns, I allow for adequate parking accon modation and places where lorries ca draw off the road to load and unloa is being stressed by the West Midlan Division of the Traders' Road Transpo Association.
Mr. E. A. Betteley has submitted, o behalf of West Midland members, memorandum to the highways con mittee of the National Road Transpo. Federation.
He says that smaller shops in subul ban shopping centres should be bui sufficiently far away from the main roa to allow space for an approach road o the main road to enable vehicles to loa and unload without causing obstructior
In some cases, provision could b made for loading and unloading to tak place at the back of the premises, an in planning new buildings every effoi should be made to deal with the traffi problem in this manner.
SHOULD 32-YEAR-OLD ROUTE BE CHANGED?
HOULD the Mansfield Alfreto ).-) buses of the Midland Genert Omnibus Co., Ltd., be given a nel route to supersede that used since 1921 The East Midland Licensing Authorit stated last week that he would defe his decision in the case involving thi question until he had inspected th routes concerned.
The company wished to continue th service without modification, but Derby shire County Council objected, suggest ing a route via Slade Lane, Pinxton Mr. J. G. Dixon, for the applicants said that the alternative route wouli increase mileage by 200 a week mu raise costs by £900 a year.