Lessening Traffic Congestion without Unfair Discrimination.
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TN all the discussion that has taken place and -Lis still taking place with regard to the proposal to restrict the use of motor coaches in the central districts of London a good deal of irrelevant argument and false hypotheses •are made use of, but some sound ideas have come to light. There are many things that could be done to speed up traffic movement and ease the congestion without singling out any particular class of vehicle and subjecting it to hardship. There Is, of course, the suggestion that we have made several times in the past, namely, that the constables controlling cross-road traffic should allow shorter periods for the traffic in each direction. This Would make a great improvement. The traffic constables should not hold up long north and south columns while waiting for a few east and west stragglers. If handearts of various kinds were relegated to the less important streets the result would be distinctly beneficial to the speed of flow along the main roads. If other slow-moving units, particularly horse-drawn vehicles, were forced to keep well to the left side of the road the benefit would be noticed imme.diately. if vehicles travelling at meouni speed could be persuaded—as surely they could be—not to occupy the crown of the road, this would help. Another suggestion which might well be considered by the Traffic Advisory Committee is that, when vehicles are entering the main thoroughfares from side streets they should not be permitted to turn right. This would have a definitely good effect.