Motorways Should Not Have Priority
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THE best interests of traffic circulation
as a whole were not served by the present emphasis on construction of new motorways at the expense of improvements in built-up areas. Mr. Wallace E. Riche, chairman, Roads Improvement Association, stated this at the annual meeting in London last week.
Motorway priority should be shared equally with improvements in residential and industrial districts, he stressed. Already urban improvements had reduced accidents involving personal injury by 75 per cent, and traffic flow had been increased by 30 per cent, • Speaking of the 1,200 vehicle breakdowns on M1 each month, he said that this figure indicated the serious menace to public safety of drivers who did not maintain their vehicles in a proper condition.
Mr. Riche called for a precise-national policy on parking with clearly defined • regulations for its implementation.