London Transport 'failed by GLC' claim
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LONDON TRANSPORT is being hindered from providing the best possible service by the Greater London Council, a union official has claimed.
The council has failed to back London Transport in its plans for more bus routes, is not trying hard enough to support the police in cutting out "blatant" illegal parking by private cars, and is not consulting sufficiently with the police in ways to get over LT's problems, he said.
The catalogue of complaints come from Transport and General Workers' Union official Charles Young, in a recent interview.
"The GLC is falling down in its responsibility under the 1969 Act, which transferred responsibility for London Transport from the Ministry of Transport to the GLC, claimed Mr Young.
He pointed out that the GLC has a duty to discuss traffic problems with the police and said "We are not seeing evidence of the consultation, judging by the present congestion." He knew the responsibility for controlling parking rests with the undermanned police force but said that the GLC is giving them little assistance.
But the GLC's Dr Gordon Taylor rejected Mr Young's claims. The GLC had taken up the problem of enforcement with the police and had asked for more traffic wardens. Illegal parking made bus services unreliable but Mx Young's comments on lack of consultation were "absurd".