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London Traffic Analysed

20th March 1953, Page 41
20th March 1953
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Page 41, 20th March 1953 — London Traffic Analysed
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QUT of 77,013 vehicles passing Hyde Park Corner, London, from 8 a.m.8 p.m. one Tuesday last July, 23,166 were commercial vehicles. Of these, 8,346 were buses, 995 coaches, 12,447 light goods vehicles, and 1,378 heavy goods vehicles. These figures are given in "Census of Traffic, 1952," published by the Metropolitan and City of London Police.

Counts were made at 116 points in London and a 14 per cent. increase in total traffic, compared with 1949, was recorded. At Trafalgar Square, 64,700 vehicles were counted. Buses numbered 8,568; coaches, 320; light goods vehicles, 11,430; and heavy goods vehicles, 592. At Marble Arch, 52,055 vehicles passed, of which buses numbered 6,871, coaches 700, light goods vehicles 8,353 an d heavy goods vehicles 1,019.

The heaviest traffic in London was from 5-6 p.m., when 346,331 vehicles (11.63 per cent, of the total throughout tie 12 hours) were counted. The number of trolleybuses included in this figure was 39,666, of motorbuses 272,604, and of taxis 248,127. Light goods vehicles were most numerous between 10 a.m. and noon, when 727,314 were counted, and heavy goods vehicles between 11 a.xm. and noon, 129,368 being noted. A total of 29,202 coaches was recorded from 9-10 a.m.

Light goods vehicles were 9.2 per cent, more numerous than in 1949, and fumes 21.7 per cent. Trolleybuses, however, were 49.5 per cdrit, fewer, heavy goods vehicles 12 per cent., coaches 1.7 per cent, and taxis 12.4 per cent.

ESTABLISHED OPERATORS SHOULD SHARE TRAFFIC

AN appeal lodged by Eastern Counties Omnibus Co., Ltd., against a decision of the Eastern Licensing Authority., granting the Black Cat Coach and Taxi Co., North Walsham, a licence for excursions and tours from Coltishall R.A.F. Station, has been dismissed with costs.

Recommending this course of action, the Minister's inspector, Mr. R. L. H. Hiscott, said that need had been established, and the matter at issue was whether the appellants or the respondents should meet it. He concluded that the respondents should share in the established need to the extent covered by the grant.

Mr. M. Holmes, for the appellants, submitted that the grant had been made against the weight of evidence. Moreover, the appellants were the existing operators and provided facilities for the R.A.F. at Coltishall.

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