TRAFFIC GROWING IN SOUTH LONDON
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TRAFFIC pressure on the south side I. of the Thames is increasing to a greater extent than on the north. This is indicated by "Census of Traffic, 1956," issued by the Metropolitan Police Office, New Scotland Yard, London, S.W.1.
From 1954-56, there was an overall increase of nearly 10 per cent, in the number of vehicles The number of heavy conimercial vehicles rose by 14 per cent. Peak hour for use of the roads by heavy goods vehicles was 10-11 a.m.; motorbuses, 5-6 p.m.; trolleybuses, 8-9 a.m.; coaches, 9-10 a.m.; and, light goods vehicles, 11 am.
12 noon. , The publication compares the results of a London traffic census taken in July, 1956, with one in 1954. Hyde Park Corner remained the busiest traffic junction, followed by Parliament Square, Marble Arch and Trafalgar Square in that order.