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Costly schemes
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THE NATIONAL Bus Corn, pany has claimed that more bus traffic schemes could save the company millions GI pounds by easing traffit congestion. Speaking earlier this wedt at Traffex, the internationa traffic engineering exhibitior in Brighton, the genera manager of Hants and Dorse1 Motor Services Peter Hun1 said the congestion probleff could only be solved by opti. mum use of the limited urban road space.
At present he said, an an nual bill that could amount tc millions of pounds was incurred as a result of buses pocked in traffic jams throughout British towns and cities.
Mr Hunt said that reviewing the public transport plans of the county councils he saw that while some authorities were helping public transport with traffic management methods, others were still car oriented and largely ignored the needs of bus users.
In some areas, using NBCcollected data on traffic flows the NBC has been able to draw up schemes in partnership with the local authority tc improve conditions for buses and other traffic too.
Mr Hunt emphasised that such co-operation between operators and authorities is vital — "the benefit to the community could be enormous".