Road transport is miles ahead
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ROAD transport accounted for 55 thousand million ton miles of freight out of a total of 84.5 thousand million in 1974, according to provisional figures issued last week.
Mr Neil Carmichael, Under Secretary DoE said that the rail figure was 14.8 thousand million ton miles, coastal shipping 12.5 thousand million, pipeline 2.1 thousand million, and British Waterways 0.05 thousand million. Tonn carried in 1974 were : : 1,707 million (tons; rail coastal shipping 43; Br. Waterways 4 and pipeline Dealing with passe movement, Mr Carmichael that in 1974 travel in term thousand million passel miles was divided betv private road transport 2] public road transport 34, 22.5 and air 1.5.
Traffic on British road: 1974 included, in terms thousand million vehicle m cars and taxis 117.41, bi and coaches 2.17, light v 13.10, and other goods vehi 12.12.