"Unify London Tragic Planning" Call
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UNLESS responsibility for road and rail Isa transport in London is centralized, there can be no prospect of improve ments in traffic arrangements. This is stated by the motoring organizations in a report to the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London.
There were 127 highway authorities in London, says the report, and it is not surprising that plans to deal with traffic problems are unrelated and that there is no broadly conceived pattern on which to base road development and traffic regulation.
Plans for road and rail transport, building development and parking accommodation should be carefully coordinated, and it should not be possible for the value of an improvement in one local authority's. area to be nullified by the policy in a neighbouring district.
SEPTEMBER EXPORTS DOWN ON EARLIER MONTHS
EXPORTS in September, details of 1--.1 which appear in the accompanying table, dropped from the level set earlier in the year to 7,799. Only the June figure was lower so .far this year, which was because of dock labour difficulties. There was also a fall in September shipments in 1957.
During September, 28,268 goods vehicles, road-haulage tractors and special-type vehicles were produced, and the total passenger-vehicle output was 1,013. Weekly average output was 5,856 of all types, making 29,281 for the month.
Of the goods vehicles, road-haulage tractors and special types, 16,527 were of under 15-cwt. capacity, 5,416 15 cwt.3 tons, 3,523 3-6 tons, and 2.802 over 6 tons. Of the passenger vehicles, 747 were single-deck and 247. double-deck niotorbuses and 19 were trolleybuses.
In the nine months ended September, 222,855 goods vehicles, road-haulage tractors and special-type vehicles were produced, made up of 123,770 vehicles of up to 15-cwt. capacity, 51,029 15 cwt.3 tons, 27,017 3-6 tons, and 21,039 over 6 tons.
There were also produced 6,816 passenger -vehicles, of which 4,923 were single-deck and 1,695 double-deck motorbuses, and 198 trolleybuses. Overall total for the nine months was 229,671.