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Reduce Number of Low-bridge Buses R EADING the letter from A.

23rd January 1953
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

T. Beale in your issue dated January 2, reminded Inc of the large number of p.s.v. operators whose double-deckers are nearly all of the low-bridge type, although the number of low bridges in their operating area may be few.

One municipal undertaking with which I am familiar immediately came to my mind. Out of well over 200 double-deck buses operated, all but a mere half-dozen or so are of this type, and this because there is one low bridge in the system.

It is the same with many of the large company undertakings, the ex-Tilling group being one of the worst " offenders." Apparently these concerns are unable to trust their garage staffs to allocate the right buses to the right routes.

I appreciate that the tow-bridge bus is a very useful vehicle for an undertaking with all types of service, but surely the comfort of the passenger (and, incidentally, the convenience of the conductor) is a much more important consideration.

Small one-man buses are allotted to country routes, high-capacity single-deckers to dense city routes and luxury coaches to long-distance and excursion services; by all means allocate low-bridge double-deckers to A34

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