T.R.T.A. Help W ith Loading Bans
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FROM their headquarters at Roadway House, Bond Street, London, W.1, officials of the London and Home Counties Division of the Traders Road Transport Association are maintaining a continuous watch on the emergency plans for goods deliveries and collections in London's "Pink Zone" during the Christmas and New Year shopping rush. The Association are ready to advise on difficulties that may be inevitable in the delivery, for example, of perishable goods after the permitted hours.
The "Pink Zone" is bounded by Euston Road and Marylebone Road in the north, Edgware Road and Park Lane in the west, Piccadilly, the Strand and Aldwych in the south and Southampton Row in the cast. As from last Monday, within that zone all waiting restrictions are being strictly enforced between 8.30 a.m. and 10 p.m. Throughout most of the area, loading and unloading of goods vehicles are prohibited between 1 p.m. and 6.30 p.m.
Parking is allowed, however, at authorized parking places and in public garages. In addition, 17 new parks for 6,000 vehicles; have been established on the fringes of the zone. At five of them, coaches can be accommodated: they are at Sayer Street and St. George's Road, Elephant and Castle, Wormwood Scrubs, N.W.I0, West Kensington Goods Yard, S.W.5, Battersea Park, S.W.11, and Clapham Common, S.W.4. Most of these offer free facilities.
Police have been instructed to take firm action against drivers who leave vehicles within 100 ft. of traffic lights. There has been some increase in the numbers of officers engaged in traffic-control duties and full use is to be made of their powers of removing offending vehicles. On the other hand, the Minister of Transport has emphasized that the police are there to help the driver and that where he is causing obstruction, officers will be able to advise him where a convenient authorized park exists.
The T.R.T.A. have prepared a list of stores which have made special arrangements to receive goods early in the day, so that vehicles can he clear of the area by I p.m. The Association also offer a map of the zone which drivers will find of help.
During the Christmas shopping season, London Transport is to run full-length trains throughout the day on its Underground services, at intervals of 21 to 3 minutes. Extra buses, within the limits of staff availability, will he operated on West End and suburban shopping routes.