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Woman's Thoughts on the Large Standee Bus
NE are all anxious to see those long, rush-hour queues quickly disappear into large standee buses such as hose described by Mr. S. C. Vince in his paper which was 'resented at The Commercial Motor's Fleet Management :onference recently. How wonderful it would be to know hat however formidable the queue, one such bus could ake us all homewards. That would be real progress!
A lot has been said recently about " passenger appeal" Ind ways and means of wooing people away from their :ars. There is ample provision for the accommodation of nirchases in the smallest Mini and if the shopping public s to be attracted to the use of buses between peak hours, hen consideration must be given to this sort of thing. If here are fewer seats, provision must be made for parcels aid baskets.
Now the first thing that occurred to me, as a woman, is ;tether any thought has been given to shoppers. What novision, if any, would there be for various purchases? If passengers are standing close together they simply could lot put their parcels on the floor. Has anyone thought of )roviding an adequate parcel rack which would extend Llong the entire length of the vehicle on both sides of the nterior? I have seen them on Continental vehicles. Another feature with human appeal which would be lesirable with fewer seats—and which 1 have seen in )peration on the Paris Metro—is the provision of special .eats for the disabled and expectant mothers. These seats an be used by the general public when they are not needed
for this specific purpose, and they each bear a notice to this effect. Courtesy is not freely displayed nowadays and a gesture in this direction might not come amiss. Have the designers thought of this?
London, W.1. AUDREY E. MOORE