91% of London Workers Use Public Transport
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MlNETY-ONE PER CENT. of people 1.1 who work in central London come to. work by public transport, This is stated in "London Travel Survey, 1954," published this week by the London Transport Executive. This publication contains facts gained, in the largest survey of its kind ever carried out in London.
Fifty-five percent. of central London workers lived in inner areas of the county of London and 45 per cent. in the outer suburbs. Inner Londoners took 37 minutes to get to work and suburban dwellers 56 minutes. Average time taken by people to reach a bus stop or train station from their homes was four minutes.
The proportion of central Loudon workers leaving work at 5.30 p.m. was 30 per cent., and a third started at 9 a.m. Taking all kinds of journey, inaluding those to and from work, 71 per cent, were made by public transport, 12 per cent. by car, 14 per cent. by cycle, 2 per cent, by motorcycle and 1 per cent by other means. .
In households where cars were owned. the amount spent on bus and train travel was a third less than in households of similar means but without cars. Cars were used more for pleasure than work. One household in six possessed a car. A third of the men who earned over 1:20 a week went to work by car.
Use of public transport varied by area. North-west Londoners made 90 per cent, of their journeys by public transport, but people in Waltham Holy Cross, Enfield and Cheshunt only :19 per cent.
TRAM REPLACEMENT SERVICES UNDECIDED
TR AM services in Paisley and
Renfrew are to be abandoned on May II, but the Scottish Traffic Commissioners have not yet decided which undertakings will operate the motorbuses in lieu. Trains were to have been withdrawn in February, but were kept in use because of the need to conserve oil fuel.
The trams are the last of a number operating outside the boundary of Glasgow which Glasgow Corporation are withdrawing under an agreement with the British Transport Commission. The agreement also provides for the electrification of suburban railway lines.
PLASTICS CABS FOR A.E.C.
GLASS-F1BRE cabs for the A.E.C. range are shortly to be marketed by the Aairicanton Transport and Engineering Co., Ltd., Station Garage, WincanIon, Somerset. Some wooden sections will be used in the doors, otherwise they will be of plastics throughout. Wrapround windscreens and curved rear corner lights will ensure excellent Around vision for the driver.
It is hoped that production will be extended to cater for many other makes of heavy vehicle.