GLC plans for LT
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THE GOVERNMENT's White Paper on the plans for a London Regional Transport Authority are expected to be published soon, but they have done nothing to deter the Greater London Council from pursuing its own plans for London Transport.
The GLC transport committee voted last week to place its nominees on the LT board (see p27) and to press ahead with plans to expand LT rather than adopt the productivity plans prepared by LT chairman Keith Bright.
The GLC's plans for 1984-87 will feeze one-man-bus operation at the already agreed 53 per cent target set by LT, as the GLC believes that o-m-o vehicles are unpopular with both passengers and other road users.
If LT wants to increase the number of o-m-o buses in its fleet, then it will need specific GLC approval for each conversion.
Plans also have been thrown out for staffless stations on part of the Underground network, as the GLC said this could not be done without assurances that the public would not be in any danger. This was part of the overall LT plan to remove 6,000 jobs from its establishment.
GLC transport committee chairman Dave Wetzel said last week that he was not elected to run down London's bus and Underground service.
Bus mileage is to be increased to 170m by 1987, 14m above LT's target, and Underground mileage will be increased to 30m.