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7.S. Bus Production and Usage
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T is estimated that the number of buses in the United States will continue to terease at about the same rate as the ountry's population, which means about 7-18 per cent, in the next decade. There rill continue to be a bus for every 63040 people and to provide these addional bus registrations total production rill average between 22,000 and 25,000 er year.
These statements were made by Mr. 1. M. (" Bing ") Hatch, of the Nassau ounty Department of Franchises, in a aver read recently in America to the ocietY of Automotive Engineers. The Mbar felt 'that the average yearly probetion of city, buses would be between .,000 and 2,500 and that the size of such ehicles will continue to increase, to finish t an average capacity of 47-49 seats. Costs per mile, both operating and aaintenance, will continue to rise, hought Mr. Hatch. However, the fairly ast rate of decline in the number of ity-bus passengers evidenced between 948 and 1955 appeared to have levelled tut, with a chance of some increase. Regarding inter-city coaches, again a ontinued increase in operating costs was orecast, to the tune of from 3s. 6d. per nile in 1960 to over 4s. 4d. per mile in 970, although revenue per mile would :ontinue to keep ahead of these figures. Mr. Hatch estimated that the average 'early production of this type of vehicle you'd be between 1,000 and 1,500 and hat prices would rise from £14,400 to tearly £18,000 each for a 35-seater with nil air conditioning.
The most rapid growth in the bus field vhich has taken place since 1920 has teen in the use of school buses, 35 per :eat, of all students being carried by uch vehicles.
U.S. GIVE ANTI-SMOG LEAD. IN recent months smog-control teams 1 from many countries, including kustralia, Canada, France, Japan, Latin kmerica, New Zealand, South Africa. ;pain and Sweden, have visited the Los eingeles air-pollution-control district to :.onsult on smog problems.
Following the example set by Los kngeles, the District of Columbia has 'equested that blow-by devices should be itted to all vehicles delivered in that area titer the end of this year, and Washingon officials are asking that Maryland Ind Virginia 'should introduce similar :egulations.
In New York State a bill has been ntroduced which will make it illegal to merate any vehicle manufactured after lanuary 1, 1962, which is not equipped with a device to control smog-producing 'times. Other states are expected to 'ollow this lead.
Most U.S. manufacturers are now /oluntarily fitting new vehicles with some 'orm of device to reduce some of the mog-forming emissions in exhaust gases. fhis usually takes the form of a tube hat captures crankcase fumes and feeds .hem back into the intake passages_