• Public Transport the Solution to London's Traffic Problem
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PUBLIC transport has got to be revised if London is not to get so congested 'that it cannot survive," said Mr. J. L. Waldron, assistant commissioner, Metropolitan Police, at the autumn lunch of the London and Home Counties Division of the Traders Road Transport Association, in London on Tuesday.
Stagnation had almost been reached, with 50,000 commuters arriving by car each day, 80 per cent, of which were occupied by the driver only. He did not agree that cars could be prohibited from entering London, and he empha
sized the need for inner ring roads with convenient garages sited alongside, with public transport providing adequate services to the centre.
The introduction of parking meters had provided the largest conti ibution towards traffic control in London. With private cars kept away . from the kerb, the unloading of goods Vehicles had been facilitated, Extensions of parking meter schemes were expected in St. James's, Marylebone, St. Pancras, Shoreditch, Woolwich, Croydon and many other towns, said Mr. Waldron,