Cars versus Buses
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IF the average car occupancy in the London evening rush hour could be increased from the present 1-5 persons to 4 persons, no buses would be required, and the total passenger car units would
not he increased.
This is one of the conclusions reached by Mr. R. J. Smeed and Mr. J. G. Wardrop, both of the Road Research Laboratory, after a study undertaken in the London area. The results were recorded in a paper, "An Exploratory Comparison of the Advantages of Cars and Buses for Travel in Urban Areas," presented to the Institute of Transport.
A great deal of study has been given to the space occupied by buses on the streets of London, particularly when setting-down and picking-up passengers. If all car and bus passengers travelled by bus, vehicular journey speeds for the average passenger in the evening peak would increase some 50 per cent, say the authors. But, door-to-door, former car passengers would take 10 min. longer for distances between one and five miles.