Transport's big contributic
Page 4
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
DISTRIBUTION and Society was the theme, when Sainsbury di bution director Len Payne gave this year's Henry Spurrier Mem Lecture to the Chartered Institute of Transport.
It was transport which had made the biggest contribution in the standard of living since 1910. Goods had been made increasingly available since 1930 through road transport. The real personal disposable income has • increased by 350 per cent ir past 50 years, according tc Payne, and he credited thi road transport and distributi He cautioned the mem that complacency was dar ous. Just as society was pendent on road transport, : road transport dependent power. We had become ove pendent on fossilised fuels he thought that too little wa: ing done to find alternatives.
Over-sophistication of ec ment concerned the speakei suggested that the equipr had to be made to meet tha ma nds of society and not fo: gratification of the inventor.