ANOTHER CHAMPION OF THE TRAMS VOU seem surprised to learn that people prefer trams,
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but I-.can assure trite. %By 'running modern .buses (not so silent) .alongside trams with -noisy bogies on awavytrack:. on a route with many cornpulsory:-tram stops • andbus " request" stops, it . is obvious that the bus :wili"-be preferred, even at the
additional ciast :in fare... •
Wheie. Proper comparison caa be made, however,. as at Blackpool, even the most. uninterested passenger notices the better riding and the greater efficiency of a tramcar compared with those of the bus.
1 live in an all bus district and am quite resigned to stand in a queue for a much longer time than the journey takes.
note that it would cost Liverpool an immense amount of money to rehabilitate its tramways, but with the much shorter life of the bus and-the heavy replacements no doubt in the long run the costs will be heavier. Still, the passenger can always dig into his pocket!
do a fair amount of driving in Birmingham—where buses have replaced trams on many routes—but from personal observation congestion is worse than ever. I certainly do not agree with your remarks as to the vehicle restricted to rails being an anachronism in these times of mobile transport units. The tram. with its definitely prescribed route, can be passed with far greater safety than overtaking a bus that changes its course at the merest whim of its driver.
Stourbridgc. S..1 BOUTHALI„
(It seems that we must agree to differ. Our view is that, in these days. any form of transport medium that is not capable of being steered constitutes a danger and an obstruction to other traffic. There can, of course, be no such objection where the tramways take the form of light railways and run along routes separated from the ordinary highway, although this is sometimes an expensive method to use and occupies a great deal of valuable space. Surely the fact that the tram is being rapidly replaced by the bus is an indication of the !dative popularity of the two.. Municipalities and other operators do not buy buses for, the fun of the thing, and transport managers who advocate the bus or trolleybus are not all fools. They do their best to please the public and establish economic services.—ED.]