Free cars do work
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LLANDOVERY'S rural transport experiments have turned out well, says a report from the Transport and Road Research Laboratory. They are a postbus, a school bus on which fare-paying passengers were carried and a free car service for essential journeys.
The postbus carried 31 passengers during the week but fewer on Saturdays when there was no return service — but a service provided by a private operator on a sixmonth trial got practically no Saturday passengers.
Permits to allow ordinary passengers to travel on four school buses run by private operators were successful and in one case it was necessary to put on a larger vehicle.
Members of the Royal Women's Voluntary Service made their own judgement on whether or not journeys were essential for the third service. Cars run by members carried nearly 1000 passengers in a year at a cost of £1600.