London buses 'unreliable'
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II Mr Horace Cutler, chairman of the GLC )olicy and resources committee, said in an nterview on BBC Radio London this week hat London's buses were unreliable. Mr L'utler also said that during 1971 six per :•,ent of the scheduled mileage had been lost wring to staff shortages caused by the fact hat there were very many better jobs ivailable in the London area. Mr Cutler also )lamed one-man operation and the failure )f automatic ticket machines. He told lain iherriff during the interview that the present
council had inherited o-m-o but had never been happy with it. "No matter how efficient a machine is," he said, "it will never be as efficient as a conductor."
Mr Cutler said he was unable to expand on his statement but his committee would be considering a report on London Transport services at the end of December. Despite the purchase of new rolling stock buses were now less reliable than they had once been.
The chairman also hinted at the possibility of substantial fare increases before long.