Nottingham Station Plan Causes Alarm
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vp-IEN the inquiry into Nottingham rY Corporation's development plan as resumed last week, Mr. L. W. A. ,:hite, on behalf of Barton Transport, Id., denied a statement made the revious week by Mr. R. M. Finch, city lgineer. Earlier proceedings were :ported in last week's issue.
Mr. White reported Mr. Finch as tying that the council had not yet ecided whether all out-of-town buses iould be concentrated at Broad Marsh. ft. Finch had added that he would commend this course to the council, ; it was desirable to discontinue the ie of Mount Street and Huntingdon .reet by the out-of-town services, and ;e them solely for corporation buses.
e believed that the concentration of it-of-town services at Broad Marsh ould be welcomed by the operators. " That statement has been brought the attention of Barton Transport, 4., the Trent Motor Traction Co., d., the South Notts Bus Co., Ltd., and
e Midland General Omnibus Co., d., who between them operate the ,erwheilming majority of out-of-town rvice-s," Mr. White went on. "They )uld not welcome the use of one ntral bus station for all out-of-town terators, and would contemplate such prospect with a great deal of alarm."
GARAGES TO START SAFETY CAMPAIGN
I OAD safety committees of 16 Lon
h. boroughs are co-operating with e West London Motor Traders' Assoition in a new campaign to reduce ad accidents. The Association, whose embers own some 350 premises, have reed to display new posters warning ivers of the dangers of defective tyres, :ering and lighting.
The idea originated with Mr. E. V. (naston, vice-president of the Assottion, and has the full approval of the inistry of Transport. Production of e posters has been undertaken by the est London Road Safety Committee d the cost will be shared by the roughs.
NO TERMINUS—NO BUSES
ECAUSE it seemed impossible to find a suitable terminus, applications to : Scottish Licensing Authority for new s services between the centre of Paisley and the new housing scheme at Glenburn were abandoned last week. Separate applications had been lodged by McGill's Bus Service, Ltd„ Barrhead. and the Western S.M.T. Co.. Ltd., to run the services.
Paisley Town Council had objected to the original terminus suggested, which had been used in the past by a service now discontinued. Another road was suggested, but when the applications were heard last week it was discovered that it was private property, and that the owners would not allow it to be used as a bus terminus.
SIMMS' NEW SCHOOL OPEN
DESIGNED to provide practical and theoretical instruction on fuelinjection and electrical equipment, the new school of Simms Motor Units, Ltd., is now functioning at Oak Lane, London, N.2, the company's head office.
A wide range of new test plant has been installed. Capacity has deliberately been limited. Four practical students and up to 12 theory students can be taken. Courses, normally of a week's duration, are open to Simms' agents and depots and men on the staff of vehicle makers and operators.
0.37 TONS OF OIL PER PERSON "
IF all power used for transport were reduced to tons of oil, the consumption in the United Kingdom in 1952 would have equalled 0.37 tons per inhabitant," said Mr. C. T. Brunner, director of Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., at the summer meeting of the Institute of Petroleum. This compared with 1.54 tons for the U.S.A. and 1.17 tons in Canada.
He pleaded for better roads.
. BRISTOL EXHAUST TESTS
EXPERIMENTS are being made in Bristol to find out how dangerous engine exhaust fumes may be. Dr. R. H. Parry, medical officer of health, said that it was required to know to what extent the amount of fumes a vehicle emitted depended upon its condition, and how certain adjustments would affect the position.
ROAD-RAIL TALK BY P.O.A.
A DISCUSSION on the comparative r't facilities of road and rail services will be held by the Purchasing Officers' Association at their Scottish regional conference to be held at the Central Hotel, Glasgow, on May 22.