PLAN TO GAIN PASSENGERS
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UXPERIMENTS aimed at improving JI-Li Newcastle upon Tyne Corporation bus services to attract more passengers are to be put into operation on city routes in a few weeks' time.
The go-ahead for the experiments which will take two years to complete has been given by the city's new Conservative administration.
The city planning officer, Mr. Wilfred Burns, said that the object was to make bus travel faster, cheaper and more comfortable than the private car for city commuters.
The result of extensive studies and surveys, the experiments would include: Express commuter buses running from housing estates direct into the city centre; "Bus only" lanes on main roads to avoid rush-hour traffic jams; Introducing one-man operation and examining token and flat-fare schemes now operating in other areas.
Also being considered: introduction of women drivers and part-time drivers.