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ACUTE PEAK PROBLEMS IN MARKET TOWNS

11th July 1947, Page 33
11th July 1947
Page 33
Page 33, 11th July 1947 — ACUTE PEAK PROBLEMS IN MARKET TOWNS
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

PEAK-HOUR problems, particularly in the late afternoon, were often as great in market and country towns as in the industrial areas, said Mr. R. P. Beddow, Minst.T., chairman of Maidstone and District Motor Services, Ltd., at the company's annual meeting.

The problem was increased, he said, by the concentration of education in the country areas upon fewer and larger schools. Many more school children used buses than formerly, and many of the journeys that they made were longer. This extra load, carried at very low fares, was usually superimposed on the morning business traffic to the towns and aggravated the peak-hour problem in the late afternoon.

Mr. Beddow remarked that the company's fares had remained practically unaltered since 1914.