Supporting public transport
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IN VIEW of the limited time available to county councils it was not expected that the first reports under the new system of supporting public transport would include comprehensive solutions, said Transport Minister Mr Fred Muiley in the Commons last week.
Further detailed guidance had now been given to councils.
Mr Mulley had been questioned specifically about Cornwall by Mr David Penhaligon (Liberal, Truro) and in reply to another query from the MP he contrasted the number of buses licensed in the county and in Greater London.
Vehicles licensed as Hackney with a seating capacity in excess of eight in 1974 numbered 8,870
• in the GLC area and 350 in Cornwall.
In 1961 there had been 11,224 in London, while in Cornwall, where figures were available only since 1968, the greatest number had been in 1972, when there were 470.