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IN REAL TERMS the total level of transport expenditure for London has dropped by 33 per cent in the last six years. This is revealed in £1.2bn two-year public transport spending plan for the capita submitted by the Greater London Council for approval by the Government.
GLC's Transport Policies and Programme for 1982/84 claims that this slump in spending (£515m in 1975/76 to an approved £346m for the current financial year) is responsible for wide public dissatisfaction with transport in London.
The council's programme hoping to boost the 1982/8: transport budget to £556m which includes an extra £193a support for London Transport a: a consequence of reducing fare: later this year.
For the whole period, it planned to pump £804m into 1:1 as a "rescue operation".
GLC transport committei chair Dave Wetzel says that i good public transport systen is the crucial element if move ment in the capital is to be pro vided.
"London without adequat! transport is a London withou life," he said.
BELEAGURED British bus manu facturers could take heart from , survey on European Transports tion markets by United State business research consultant Frost and Sullivan.
The company has forecast 90 per cent rise in the number c buses and coaches in service t Europe by 1995. The repoi forecasts a growth from 408,00 in 1979 to 777,000 in 1995.