LORD ASHFIELD ON LONDON'S TRAFFIC PROBLEM
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Complementary — not Corn. petittve—Transport Essential STJGGESTIONS for overcoming London's traffic problem were made by Lord Aehfield in an address to members of the Royal Institution, on March 24.
Lord Ashfield stressed the importance to commerce and industry of rapid and comfortable passenger transport. He expressed the view that the bus and tram provide the most convenient system of transport for short distances. He explained the position of the Underground and suburban railways in London's scheme of transport, and expressed the opinion that the coach will
B36 find a place as a high-speed transport unit serving outer areas not directly adjacent to the suburban railways. Each form of transport, said Lord Ashfield, must be regarded as complementary and not competitive.
Two methods of dealing with traffic congestion were outlined by Lord Ashfield. One was to make the traffic fit the streets by providing better control, and the other was to make the streets fit the traffic by effecting improvements in the thoroughfares themselves. Dealing with congestion caused by trams, the speaker considered that the solution of the problem appeared to lie in the direction of building trolley-buses with capacities equal to those of the trams.
The most important problem was, however, that of street improvements. He pointed out that co-ordination in connection with such works is just as important as co-ordination in passenger transport. Lord Ashfield remarked that adequate measures for street improvemente would be impossible without some central co-ordinating authority.