"Stop These Senseless Delays"
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TO help ease traffic congestion, all road repairs should be carried out overnight, and if the work takes longer it should continue 24 hours a day. This suggestion was put forward last week by Mr. L. C. Harrison, general manager of West Bridgford Transport Department, as a remedy for " senseless delays that never need be necessary." Addressing the East Midlands Centre of the Institute of Traffic Administration, he said it was realized that some road repairs bad to be done immediately, but such things as resurfacing could be under taken overnight to leave the roads unobstructed in the day-time. This method would be more costly, but not as expensive as the delays caused by oneway traffic streams. On the general subject. of congestion, Mr. Harrison declared: "To give free passage both now and in the future, steps must be taken to clear the roads of all unnecessary traffic. . . One of the most serious forms of obstruction is the parked vehicle, and I consider that the authorities must get really tough with this problem. "Although it will inconvenience many of us, all parking must be abolished in main streets; The only reason for any vehicle to stop on a main road should be to set down or pick up passengers or goods. The time limit must be restricted to that and nothing more." He thought traders could assist by having mechanical aids to speed the delivery of goods, particularly where consignments were in large or heavy units and were being delivered regularly. Pedestrians should be disciplined by the erection of barriers to prevent them overflowing into the road, It should be made an offence for people to block the pavement in any way either by stopping with prams or standing in groups. When new shops or offices were .built, provision should be made for underground parking.