A PAPER on combined road and rail transport, given by
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the staff of the International Road Transport Union (IRU), at the IRU meeting in Budapest, last week, is to be re-debated on June 2.
The paper mainly concerned the German method of "piggyback" services.
There were no major developments on the freight side, but considerable discussion on road passenger subjects.
On the role of the coach in tourism, the possibility of pooled international services was discussed, and it was agreed that a study should be made Delegates felt that, in general, freight transport interests tended to claim more attention than ' the passenger aspects and that action should be taken to redress the balance.
During the meeting, chairman of the Road Transport Industry Training Board K. C. Turner was re-elected vicepresident of IRU.
The 1978 Congress will be held in Oslo on May 21-25 with the theme "Road Transport faces up to its responsibilities".