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e should not lose sight of the fact that transport is only one component in a more cornpie picture. Potentially bright ide s such as the transhipment of ods on the edges of towns did not work in practice. It was bet r tOlocate industries so that un cessary transport is eliminate s the national construction programme is slowing down, Dr Holfigate predicted a future in whi h less bulk minerals will go by rad but in which more cornportents are moved between facibries.
ut it is the changes in social attiiude which will have greater bearing. "If the country goes on becpming wealthier it will also 'go on demanding a higher qu lity of life which will include an increasingly quiet, unpollut d, and beautiful environme n reply to a suggestion from Derek Good (Pioneer Haulage) that roads should be developed to suit vehicles rather than the converse, Dr Holdgate said both roads and vehicles should be tai ored to the needs of the coMmunity and its need for trakisport. Mr Good's sugges tiop, he said, was "too simplistic odens' Bill Johnson called sufficient forward planning be built into legislation to w manufacturers and operato meet needs for the next years. Dr Holdgate symhised, but it was really a tter for the transport minr. fo to
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