No Encouragement for Cars in London

2nd October 1959, Page 59

2nd October 1959

Page 59

Page 59, 2nd October 1959 — No Encouragement for Cars in London

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N0 improvement in London's traffic position could be gained by providing better roads and more car parks to encourage the use of private rather than public transport. This could lead only to a most unwelcome decay of public transport.

Mr. AlexSamuels, chairman of the London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee, made this observation in The Financial Times on Monday.

Traffic was often hindered by goods vehicles loading or unloading outside shops. In the long term, this problem must be overcome by replanning shopping centres so that goods facilities were off the main roads. For the meantime, some control at peak hours might prove necessary.

A corps of traffic wardens might improve the situation and relieve the police. More traffic engineers were wanted, and administration relative to the traffic problem should be centralized.

Although planning should be towards the discouragement of the use of private transport, public services should be greatly improved, said .Mr. Samuels.

DOUBLE CLAIM FOR ENGINEERS rLAIMS for an increase in wages of

El a week and a 40-hour working week were submitted last week by the engineering unions to the engineering employers. Sir Kenneth Hague, president of the employers' federation, promised that the unions should have a reply in about six weeks.

The introduction of a 40-hour week, he said, would increase the costs of the federation's 4,300 members by more than 13 per cent. An addition of El a week in wages would raise costs by another 11 per cent A.E.C. INCREASE SALES QALES of the Reliance chassis have kJ risen by half, report A.E.C., Ltd., Southall. Improved business following the fine summer has prompted many coach operators to double their orders as compared with last year. On the books are orders for 22 Reliance chassis for Wallace Arnold Tours, Ltd., 10 for Greenslade Tours and five for the North Western Road Car Co., Ltd.

In the heavy goods field, orders for the bonneted Mammoth have exceeded 1500,000 in the past few weeks. Ten of this model are destined for North Africa and 10 more for Turkey. Kuwait has also ordered 15 heavy vehicles.

GOODYEAR PLANT IN FRANCE

ASITE in Amiens, comprising 75 acres, has been selected by the American Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. for their new tyre and tube manufacturing plant in France. Amiens, 80 miles north of Paris, has been declared by the French Government a "critical zone" needing industry to meet a labour surplus.

The plant, estimated to cost £25m., will produce tyres for commercial and other vehicles for France, the Common European Market and for export.