T HOSE who appreciate the potential value of the gas turbine as a commercialvehicle power unit may view • with some misgiving...

T HE future plan of operations of British Road Services is now becoming clearer. At least 76 depots, strategically sited mainly...

The Bear Idea IF ANYONE would like a three-year-old black Himalayan bear weighing about 200 lb., friendly and decorative,...

That this should be a good haul year for every haulier. The private owner's plea that a car can carry all the purchases, bulky...

WITH Parliament reassembling next Tuesday, political activity in Tv transport is warming up. A new campaign for a reduction in...

MEARLY half the fleet of Mr. E. C. Goddard (Claremont Haulage), 96 Hackford Road, London, S.W.9, is affected by the part...

F OUR more bus companies in Yorkshire have announced their intention of applying for higher fares consequent on the recent pay...

U SE of public transport should be encouraged to reduce traffic congestion in Manchester, said a report presented on Tuesday to...

MR. B. A. GAY has succeeded MR. V. V. THORPE as Bristol district manager of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd. MR. LESLIE W. WEST has...

TN the Chancery Division, last week, 1 Mr. Justice Danckwerts held that under a contract between W. W. Drinkwater (Willesden),...

nIFFICULTIES experienced by the big steel companies in South Wales in moving their products by road were mentioned by Mr....

F IVE units with premises and including 180 vehicles, 23 trailers, 22 additional vehicles and four additional trailers are...

" IF it is desired to operate longdistance express services, ought those services to be operated under one road service licence...

T HE last of three appeals relating to "holiday services from Yorkshire to Torquay was concluded by a Ministry of Transport...

TORQUAY was now sufficiently i important to warrant an express coach service from the West Riding, said Mr. A. W. Goss, for...

LL IST 8 of transport units has been outstandingly successful and has demonstrated a continuing .strong demand for small units....

A SUGGESTION that a special sign should be displayed on pedestrian crossings to indicate when they were being controlled by...

C OMPLETE denationalization of road passenger transport is advocated in a three-point plan for suggested Government action...

XPERTS should make a comprehensive survey of all forms of transport so that politicians could be advised for the benefit of the...

T HE major oil companies have raised the price of standardand premiumgrade petrol by id. a gallon and of oil fuel by id. a...

Fares "Absurd " " IT is quite absurd that one person should receive concessions just because he travels a moment before 7.30...

rRITICISM of the undertaking's " high administrative charges" was made by the Yorkshire Licensing Authority, Major F. S....

nPERATORS intend to press as a '6- , matter of urgency for a voice on the London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee....

THE value of a suspension system based on rubber elements for goods vehicles was emphasized last week by Mr. A. J. Hilst,...

F ROM a land of contrasts come conflicting opinions about the usefulness of British Road Services. Their most staunch...

y EARS ago, when I was building up Red Arrow Deliveries to give a nation-wide service for smalls, I was presented with...

The prototype vehicle was produced in February last year, and since then has undergone thorough testing and development. The...

A FTER six months' experience with 15 Dennis Falcon one-man-operated buses with Strachans lightweight 30-seat bodywork, the...

HE few technical novelties that are to be seen at this year's Brussels Salon, which opened last Saturday and closes next...

reports in connection with the refusal of the Licensing Authority to renew our A licence (which was one of the first to be...

IT appears to me, in reading the letter from B. T. Pratt I published in your issue dated December 24, that he may have gained...

I NOTE the somewhat sarcastic comment on the new book "Elements of Transport" by Schumer in the issue of The Commercial Motor...

F ACED with the problem of finding money for the proposed increase in wages, the representatives of the railway workers found...

A NOTHER 60 lorries have been bought by Mr. W. Storey, of Portare, Ackworth, near Pontefract. The transport units concerned are...

HE impact of the dock strike was reflected in the export figures for November, when 7,785 units were shipped, against 9,665 in...

NAUNICIPAL transport managers and 01 chief engineers from a wide area of the north and Midlands were invited to a demonstration...

The Gregoire system is used in the new Dennis ambulance with Perkins P4 oil engine. Semi-elliptic springs with only a small...

I RECEIVE many complaints of - rate-cutting. Some are supported by statements of facts and figures, but not all _ the...

A GAS TURBINE constructed in a form favourable for mounting in a road vehicle is shown in patent No. 720,201 (Fiat Societa per...