Ribble to Run One-man Buses on 70 Routes
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AS forecast in The Commercial Motor on July 25, one-man-operated singledeckers will soon be introduced by Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., on 70 routes in the Garstang, Kendal, Lancaster, Bolton, Clitheroe and Lake District areas. The buses, to be run on Continental lines, will carry an identification symbol— a yellow triangle with the words: "Pay as You enter. Please tender correct fare."
The driver will use an electric ticketissuing and change-giving machine. Oneman buses may later be introduced in Preston and other areas, if a demand for them is apparent. No redundancy in employment is envisaged, because alt Ribble depots in the areas affected are already short of conductors. Use of the vehicles has been agreed upon with the busmen's union.
In Kendal, the services will operate on nine routes, in Clitheroe on 19, and in the Lake District on 15. Garstang will have three one-man bus routes, and the Lancaster area 10.
SHOPKEEPERS CO-OPERATE WITH T.R.T.A.
COMPLETE co-operation was offered by shopkeepers and occupants of business premises in High Wycombe when the Traders' Road Transport Association made a census of deliveries • at shops and other premises there. The local authority had asked the Association for their views on proposals to ban goods vehicles from loading and unloading from 8.30-9.30 a.m. and 11.45 am.1.15 p.m. on sections of street in the shopping centre.
The Association made 'a. census of deliveries lasting a whole week to prepare their views on the proposals, and were given complete response.
ASSURANCES ON BANS THE Yorkshire-West Riding Division
of the Traders' Road Transport Association have been assured by local authorities in Leeds and Huddersfield that collection and delivery by goods vehicles will not be affected by plans to restrict parking in the cities.
VAUXHALL TO DISMISS 600 QIX HUNDRED of the 22,000 1--) employees of Vauxhall .Motors, Ltd., are to be dismissed on August 28. The reasons were stated on Monday to be the disturbed political situation and economic restrictions in some countries in the Southern Hemisphere, which had aggravated the seasonal decline in the demand for vehicles.