Buses 'need priority'
17th April 1970, Page 36
17th April 1970
Page 36
Page 36, 17th April 1970
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• Higher fares were inevitable if reasonable service was to be maintaine said Dr Tony Ridley, Tyneside Passeng Transport Executive director-general, in long-term policy statement. Most peor believed that a good service was mo important than cost.
Steps would have to be taken, he said, see that buses received preferenti treatment on the roads—by 1981 t number of private cars on the road woe have increased by two and a half to thr times. Proposals were being submitted local authorities for special routes and c parking restrictions: these would help to the balance in favour of public transport.