Small Buses Worry the P.T.A.
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CONCERN over the use of improperly licensed small buses is expressed in the annual report of the Public Transport Association. The matter will be discussed at their annual meeting at the Grand Hotel, Scarborough, on May 18.
The Minister of Transport has been asked to receive a deputation to discuss difficulties in the way of raising the speed limit for public service vehicles, as proposed last July.
Buses should be considered on a par with cars in this respect, say the P.T.A. The limit should be raised to ease the flow of traffic and avoid congestion.
An approach to the Minister has also been made on the question of bringing the existing legal maximum length and width of public service vehicles into line with the measurements specified in the Geneva Convention, 1949. These would permit a length of 36 ft. and a width of 8 ft. 2 in.
HULL INVITE M.P.T.A.
LIULL may provide the venue for next year's annual meeting of the manager's section of the Municipal Passenger Transport Association. On the recommendation of Mr. C. H. Pulfrey, general manager of the transport department, the transport committee have invited the M.P.T.A. to stage the 60delegate meeting in the town.