Use Rail to Relievt Roads—Mr, Jordan
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IT was in the national interest t.
encourage the public to use the rail ways and thereby reduce road conges tion, said Mr. C. E. Jordan, chairmar of the transport committee of Birming ham Chamber of Commerce, at .4 council meeting on Monday. A specia report of the committee was reviewed.
The report dealt with suburban pas senger transport in• Birmingham. h favouring rail transport, Mr. Jordai was reiterating a recommendation o Birmingham Junior Chamber of Corn merce in their survey, " A West Mid-lam Railway-Passenger Scheme:" In the discussion, a council membe said that although the travelling publi were road-minded, they would sooi become "road-sickened." Outlinin the possibilities of oil-engined railcar to increase frequencies of service
operating representatives of the railwa} were quoted as stating that such uni: might raise the total journey time frog the suburbs to the city, compared wit bus timings, despite their higher speci Attention was drawn to the recon mendations of the Junior Chamber IN a fare structure should include measure of equality between road an rail charges and that tickets should E inter-available between both systems.
It was stated that Birmingham Tran port Department considered congestio in the central area of the city to t mainly caused by parked vehicles an not the movement of bus traffic.
TRANSPORT: INDUSTRY'S CAS
WHAT industry requires from tran port will be discussed at a mee ing of the North Staffordshire Cent of the Institute of Traffic Administr lion on October 16.
The speakers will be Mr. A. I Cooper, M.P., Mr. E. Smith. M.P., ar Mr. S. H. Jerrett, deputy director of tl British Pottery Manufacturers' Feder tion. Lord Merrivale, president of ti Institute, will be in the chair. The mee mg, which is -open to non-members,.wi be held at the North Stafford Hotc Stoke-on-Trent, at 7.30 p.m.