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P.T.A. Call fol . 35-ft.

21st November 1958
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Buses Soon

A N increase from 30 ft. to 35 ft. in a' the maximum legal overall length of coaches and buses was urged last week by Mr. T. Robert Williams, chairman of the Public Transport Association. He was speaking at the Association's annual dinner in 'London.

He thought it wrong that cars—the principal competitors of public-service vehicles—should be free from speed restrictions outside built-up areas, whereas buses and coaches were limited to 30 m.p.h. Vehicles owned by P.T.A. members were excellent and their drivers were highly skilled.

Mr. Williams laid responsibility for increased fares and the withdrawal of certain services at the door of fuel tax. He hoped that it would soon be adjusted.

Mr: G. R. H. Nugent, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, congratulated the members on maintaining as many as possible of their country services, losses on which had to be made good by urban services. Their real competitor was the car and in a decade or two there would be scarcely a family without one. Nevertheless, essential transport must not be impeded.

Previously, Viscount Monckton had referred to the value of the P.T.A., which included 142 operators with some 30,000 vehicles

THREE ADVANTAGES IN LIVERPOOL'S NEW BUSES THREE prototype buses which have been ordered by Liverpool Corporation will have several distinct advantages, members of the Merseyside section of the Institute of Transport were told at their annual dinner last week.

Ald. H. Livermore, Lord Mayor, said the vehicles would ease the peak hour problem because of their greater seating capacity; they would reduce operating costs, because fewer vehicles would be needed; and traffic congestion would be eased with the withdrawal of surplus buses.

Sir Gilmour Jenkins, past president of the Institute, said a vast number of services were unremunerative, and the position had now taken on social as well as commercial aspects.

BUS STATION DISPUTE TO BE INVESTIGATED

THE dispute between Consett (Durham) I Urban District Council and operators using the towrt's bus station is to be argued at a public inquiry. Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, chairman of the Northern Traffic Commissioners, will preside at the bearing, which begins on December 4 and is expected to last two days.

The bus operators claim that the station is run extravagantly and they are protesting about proposals for an increased toll of 40. per vehicle, which would mean the council getting is. 4+41. for each departure (The Commercial Motor, October 17). The operators' offer to run the station themselves has been rejected.


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