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NEW regional organizations to improve public transport—the Passenger Transport co-ordinating Committees for the Northern, Yorkshire and Humberside, East Midlands, East Anglia, West Midlands and North West regions— have been announced by the Minister of Transport.
The object of the committees is to improve the public transport in their regions by, for instance, better coordination of bus and rail timetables.
They will also study the possibilities of speeding up bus services by means of better traffic management.
The committees will work by voluntary cooperation between public transport operators and others concerned.
Represented on the committees are bus and coach operators in each region, British Railways, local authorities, trades unions, the Regional Economic Planning Councils, the Transport Users' Consultative Committees, the Chairmen of the Traffic Commissioners and the Ministry of Transport.
The committees for the South East and South West regions will be appointed as soon as all the nominations for membership are complete. These are the members of the first six committees:
NORTHERN: Sir James Steel (chairman) member of the Northern Economic Planning Council, company director and member of many national and regional bodies; Alderman W. Flynn, chairman, Middlesbrough Corporation Transport Committee; J. Forster, general manager, Northern General Transport Co., Ltd.; C. W. Gair. divisional road engineer, Ministry of' Transport; F. W. Gosnold, director and general manager, Metal Box Co. Ltd., Carlisle; J. A. T. Hanlon, chairman of Traffic Commissioners; J. W. Harper, member of the Northern Economic Planning Council, regional secretary, National Federation of Building Trades Operatives; Councillor J. W. Jamieson, Sunderland County Borough Council; W. Lake, member national executive, Transport and Salaried Staffs Association; I. S. McKay, member of Transport Users Consultative Committee, distributive manager, ICI, Billingham; Alderman T. H. Malia, Northumberland County Council; Councillor W. Nunn, member of the Northern Economic Planning Council and Shildon Urban District Council; N. R. A. Paton, divisional manager, Eastern Region, British Railways; T. Dan Smith, chairman, Northern Economic Planning Council; C. N. Tebay, Ministry of Transport. Executive secretary: J. D. Barber, Ministry of Transport.
YORKSHIRE; Alderman A. King, (chairman), member of the Yorkshire and Humberside Economic Planning Council and Leeds City Council, divisional organizer, Amalgamated Engineering Union; W. Auty, member of the Yorkshire and Humberside Economic Planning Council managing secretary Scunthorpe Co-operative Society Ltd.; J. M. Barr, chairman, Barr and Wallace Arnold Trust Ltd., and Wallace Arnold Tours Ltd.; Councillor B. Braithwaite-Exley, member of the Yorkshire and Humberside Economic Planning Council and West Riding County Council, company director; General Sir Roy Bucher, chairman, Transport Users Consultative Committee, Yorkshire area; R. B. S. Chettoe, divisional road engineer, Ministry of Transport; Councillor S. Cohen, member of national executive and chairman of divisional council of Transport and Salaried Staffs Association and member of Leeds City Council; E. Dalton, divisional manager,
Eastern Region, British Railways; E. Hayhurst, member of the Yorkshire and Humberside 'Economic Planning Council, regional secretary, Transport and General Workers Union; J. A. Lacey, member of Yorkshire and Humberside Economic Planning Council, chief docks manager, British Transport Docks Board, Hull; J. Lawrence, general manager and director, West Yorkshire Road Car Co. Ltd.; C. Laathwood, district organiser, National Union of Agricultural Workers; Alderman J. Rafferty, chairman, Transport Committee. Leeds City Council; H. E. Robson, chairman of Traffic Commissioners; C. N. Tebay. Ministry of Transport; County Councillor G. W. J. H. Wright, East Riding County Council. Executive secretary: A. W. Lovett, Ministry of Transport_
EAST MIDLANDS: G. E. Dearing, (chairman), chairman of the East Midlands Economic Planning Council; F. J. S. Best, divisional road engineer, Ministry of Transport; Miss A. Bishop, president of the Leicester (Women's) branch of the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives; D. M. Bowick, assistant general manager, London Midland Region, British Railways; Alderman S. W_ Bridges, Leicester County Borough Council; F. Broomfield, secretary, Barton Transport Ltd.; J. F. Coe, member of the East Midlands Economic Planning Council; A. R. Hiscock, Ministry of Transport; R. G. Howe, general manager and director, Lincolnshire Road Car Co. Ltd.; Councillor A. E. Lester, Nottinghamshire County Council; G. M. Sheridan, chairman of Traffic Commissioners; G. B. Walden, member of the East Midlands Economic Planning Council, district organizer of the Transport and General Workers Union; L. Walker, vice-chairman of the Transport Users' Consultative Committee, East Midland area. Executive secretary: B. E. S. Thorne, Ministry of Transport.
EAST ANGLIA: Lord Hilton of Upton (chairman), member of the East Anglia Economic Planning Council and Norfolk County Council; L. A. Carey, chairman of the Transport Users' Consultative Committee for East Anglia; R. Chandler, general manager, Ipswich Corporation Transport Department; J. A. Cook, regional organizer of the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers; Councillor F. H. Easton, Norfolk County Council; H. V. Few, assistant general manager movements, Eastern Region, British Railways; A. R. Hiseock, Ministry of Transport; E. Lainson, chairman and managing director, Premier Travel Ltd., Cambridge; G. McKay, member of the East Anglia Economic Planning Council, chairman, Eastern and East Midland Groups of Tilling Bus Co.; W. P. S. Ormond, chairman of Traffic Commissioners; G. H. Oversby-Powell, divisional road engineer, Ministry of Transport; Alderman A. E. Nicholls, Norwich City Council; R. 0. Samuel, district organizer for the National Union of Railwaymen; Councillor
C. W. Swift, member of the East Anglia Economic Planning Council and Peterborough City Council. Executive Secretary; C. K. Spinks, Ministry of Transport.
WEST MIDLANDS: Alderman H. Watton (chairman), member of the West Midlands Economic Planning Council, the West Midlands Transport Users' Consultative Committee and Birmingham City Council; D. M. Bowick, assistant general manager, London and Midland Region, British Railways; J. Else, chairman of Traffic Commissioners; Alderman F. F. Griffin, member of Birmingham City Council and chairman of steering committee of West Midlands conurbation land use/transportation study; Alderman J. E. Hulme, Stoke on Trent City Council; Alderman
B. H. Hunt, Warwickshire County Council; Councillor F. V. Law, vice-chairman Wolverhampton Corporation Transport Committee; R. H. Lawrence, Ministry of Transport; J. S. Lewis, district organizer National Union of Railwaymen; Councillor F. V. Magness, member of the West Midland Economic Planning Council and Walsall County Borough Council; R. J. F. Sansome, divisional road engineer, Ministry of Transport; C. H. Unvin, member of' the West Midlands Economic Planning Council and regional secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union; J. W. Womar, general manager, Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co. Ltd. Executive Secretary: A. W. Astling, Ministry of Transport.
NORTH WEST: Sir Leonard Cooke .(chairman), vice-chairman of the North West Economic Planning Council; Alderman W. Alker, Bury County Borough Council, chairman steering committee for the coordination of passenger transport in the Greater Manchester area; R. A. Barnett, member of the North West Economic Planning Council, divisional officer of Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers; T. R. Barrow, member of the North West Economic Planning Council, assistant general manager, London Midland Region, British Railways; G. Brook, general manager, Ribble Motor Services Ltd., Preston; D. G. Farrar, regional secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union;
C. R. Hodgson, chairman of Traffic Commissioners; A. N. Hunt, chairman, Transport Users' Consultative Committee for North Western area; C. Owen, director and general manager, Progress Motors (Ghorley) Ltd.; R. F. Richardson, member of the North West Economic Planning Council, chairman of the North Western Electricity Board; Alderman W. H. Sefton, member of the North West Economic Planning Council and Liverpool City Council, chairman steering committee on Merseyside traffic and transport; C. N. Tebay, Ministry of Transport; Alderman Sir Robert Thomas, Manchester City Council; J. D. Wallace, divisional road engineer, Ministry of Transport; Alderman E. Wood, Lancashire County Council. Executive Secretary: H. E. Renshaw, Ministry of Transport.