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28th April 1950, Page 56
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

WITH the completion of the pro

VT posed motorway between Birmingham and Almondsbury, north. of

Bristol, it is' estimated that the :Auction of operating cost per vehicle will be I.39d. •

This figUre was given by Mr. J. P. Gaudin, of Shell-Mek and B.P., Ltd., in :reply to a question after he had read a .

paper at a meeting of the Institute of Traffic Administration, in Birthingham, last week. The assessment represents an average cost reduction covering all types of vehicle from passenger cars to heavy lorries, and is based on figures obtained from "The Commercial Motor" Tables of Operating Costs.

' The new motorway would be 12 miles shim-ter than the existing route of

88 miles, and it is considered that the average speed of vehicles would increase from the present 27 m.p.h. to 38 m.p.h. The saving on time would be 0.75d. per mile. The cost reduction resulting from uninterrupted running would be 0.52d. per mile. On tyres there would be an economy of 0.06d. per mile and a similar saying on main tenance. The present cost is taken to to be 6.5d. per mile, or 14s. 7d. per hour.• The total outlay of 135,000,000 includes the cost of constructing the Severn bridge and of the Upton-on Severn to Ross spur road. The project could be completed in seven years and it is estimated that the annual saving to operators would then be at least £484,000, based on the present volume of traffic. In fact, a much greater flow of vehicles could he expected and the total saving would be much higher. , DECISION REVERSED

BRADFORD . City Council has reversed the passenger transport committee's rejection of the proposal to set up a joint cOnsuitative committee, representative of the management and employees of the passenger transport undertaking.

NEW SIMMS SWITCHES

INDIVIDUAL switches to operate 'horns, traffic indicators and dipping lights, which may also be combined as a unit, are being made by Simms Motor Units, Ltd., Finehley, London, N.2. The switches have been designed for heavy duty, and are fixed by studs on standard centres, so that they are interchangeable.

BBL REVISES STANDARD WITH the object of standardizing VY taper-roller bearings, the British Standards Institution has revised B.S. 292, first published in 1927. Among the data revised are the tables of tolerance on overall dimensions and permissible errors.

TWO MORE TRANSFERS THE haulage businesses of G. H.

Dungworth (Unit 'D.358), Sheffield, 5, and British Road Services (Unit E.424), Cradley, were taken over by the Road Haulage Executive between April 16 and 22. na,


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