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mo more restrictions on London
traffic may advantageously be imposed, state the London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee in their 1951-52 report. Restrictive measures can afford only temporary relief and many which have been put into force "are so irritating and onerous that the police find difficulty in enforcing them without diverting an undue amount of available manpower."
Unless the streets are expanded and parking facilities increased, London traffic will stagnate, say the committee. They strongly support the proposal to build underground parks, the introduction of new waiting regulations and the use of parking meters. Vehicles using bombed-site parks may be unable to remain in central London as the sites gradually cease to be available, unless parking is permitted in many back streets.
WOMAN REPRESENTATIVE ON COUNCIL?
VpIEN the central council of the Scottish Women's Rural Institutes met in Edinburgh last week, it was proposed that a member be given a scat on the Scottish Transport Council which the Government are to set up. Lady Riddell Webster was nominated to he the member.
Demands were made for better transport services in the glens. One of the reasons for depopulation of the Highlands was said to be the irregularity of bus services. One delegate thought that the solution would be the use of vehicles capable of carrying mails and passengers, with the driver acting as a conductor.
P.V.O.A. DINNER DATE
THE annual dinner and dance of the Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association is to be held at Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London, W.1, on October 5.