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TELEVISION DEPRESSES EVENING TRAFFIC TELEVISION was a contributing factor to
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the decline of evening traffic, said Mr. R. H. Addlesee, general manger of Wolverhampton Transport Department, when he addressed the Birmingham centre of the Institute of Traffic Administration. He is this year's centre chairman.
Most municipalities, he said, had suffered decreases in the number of passengers carried. Another problem was the acute shortage of labour. Many advantages which the passenger transport industry offered before the 1.14 war had now disappeared, and in many cases industrial concerns could offer better conditions than the transport undertakings.
The solution of these other problems might lie in the employment of larger vehicles, but, Mr. Addlesee asked, could a conductor reasonably be expected to take on more passengers and be able to collect the fares? Furthermore, how many towns could take bigger vehicles?