"Don't Use Cars—Go by Bus or Train"
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PEOPLE who used their cars to travel to work in London should be told
that it saved time and money to use public transport, or that it would be better for them to go part of their way by car and use bus or train for the latter part of their journeys.
The suggestion that an "informed public opinion" be created to this effect has been put to the Joint Parlia mentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport by the Metropolitan Liaison Committee of the Traders' Road Transport Association and the Road Haulage Association.
The committee point out that any large-scale diversion of traffic from private cars to public transport would necessitate a survey of parking arrangements at outer London railway stations including Underground termini. When the committee visited the Joint Parliamentary Secretary last month to protest against proposed bans on deliveries by commercial vehicles, they were asked to submit proposals for handling London's traffic problems alternative to unilateral waiting and other schemes.
They have suggested that each street in which congestion presented a prob lem should be the subject of prompt local consultations by various interested parties. The temporary use of the Royal Parks for car parking was " a rather desperate short-term measure." The• official working party's recommendations for off-the-street parking should be given effect.
The recent bus strike gave a "fright ening foretaste" of the chaos resulting from more cars " being brought into London, say the committee, "That is what the car expansion of the next two years holds for London unless every piece of parking space is utilized and avoidable parking discouraged," they warn.
They also recommended that the National Road Transport Federation be represented on the London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee.