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OMO buse cheap,say ot so chief
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INCREASED private car usage, contradictory directives from politicians, and more taxis are among the main causes of delays facing London Transport buses, says Paul Garbutt, LT's chief secretary, in a lecture on "Transport in Cities — the problems and prospects."
Buses had advantages over private cars in both the use of space and resources but unless restraint was forced on commuter cars, coupled with increased backing for public transport, congestion would only increase and cause greater bus delays. The benefits of automa and one-man operatior buses were questioned by Garbutt who felt even fii cial benefits were, if not ligible, considerably sm; than might at first have I imagined. For example, if ductors were taken off b and the drivers collected f and checked tickets on er the rate at which passen boarded the bus was gre reduced, so the time sper stops was increased, ov( journey time extended more buses and drivers uired to give the s; frequency of service. At same time, the drivers ha be paid more for their e responsibilities and in the of prepaid ticket use, a nt had to be given. Boarddelays deterred pasgers from riding at all so re were in fact many iortant offsets to the ings on the conductor's ;es.
Ir Garbutt said that the ious directives given to LT successive GLC administ)rs had not succeeded in ducing a transport balance the capital. The last GLC runistration was elected in 3 with a commitment to ,p down fare levels. This resulted in particularly h fare increases to keep ,e with inflation and a large mai relief grant. The pre.t administration had dif?nt but equally firm views 1 was dedicated to greater ciency by reducing revenue nts and restricting bus seres.
ncreases in the number of is in Central London were a factor in causing delay 'uses. Mr Garbutt said that average passenger occuicy of a London taxi was y 0.9 so that the taxi-borne )portion of passenger ,vement in London must be y small. It seemed clear to • Garbutt that taxis were Itributing more to congesn than was justified by the mber of passengers they Tied.