Any public transport system which promises to have 25 per cent of its passengers drawn from former car commuters can be assured...

Solly Davis now a broken man' says counsel • Charles Poulter Ltd. had to organize "wholesale forgery" when a Ministry of...

CEIVMAL The central division version of the new SELVEC motif. • Designed to appeal especially to the business traveller, a...

• A system of rapid transit which combines the principal advantages of segregated rail transit with the flexibility of the...

• Cyprien Fox Ltd., parent co-ordinating company of the Cyprien Fox Group, has acquired E. E. Howes Transport Ltd., of...

• Two National Freight Corporation parcels companies have been given the go-ahead for rates increases of up to 12+ per cent,...

• Local authority bus employers are to reply on January 30 to a union claim for 45s a week rises for 70,000 municipal bus...

• The Ministry of Transport has asked the Road Research Laboratory to begin a programme of commercial vehicle tests as part of...

• "Prepare now for the Transport Manager's Licence", was the advice given to members of the Transport Association by Mr. George...

• The AEC Mandator, BMC Laird and BMC Mastiff will be the first three British Leyland trucks to be assembled in a new factory...

• Applicants for the new heavy goods vehicle driver's licence who have voluntarily been taking the test since the scheme was...

• In future, training officers of training groups will have to be employees of the Road Transport Industry Training Board....

• The Minister of Transport has called a special meeting, open to the public, today at the Town Hall, Normanton, Yorks, to...

• Twenty haulage firms on Tees-side have formed the Tees-side Transport Training Association to train drivers at a new centre...

• As from March 1, employers will be required to retain drivers' records for a period of six months, and for a further six...

• The FTA's regional one-day training course at Dwablane Hydro will be on February 5 and not February 9 as stated in one PTA...

• Closer consultation with the trade unions; a firmer linking of the parcels companies; and the possibility of a grouping of...

by David Spain • Reports in the national daily Press last week alleging that "unforeseen difficulties" were likely to be...

continued from page 21 . . foster two-way communication with the operating units. The operating units are organized as...

• Because of a steadily increasing demand for training. the Furniture Removers Institute has now split its "February School"...

• The Manchester Transport Training Group's training officer, Mr. Jack Wood, has just issued a report on the body's first six...

transport by David and freight handling Lowe No tainting • Independent tests carried out on Cargoboard...

• An application by Pointer Group Holdings Ltd., of Norwich, for five new A licences and five new B licences, subject to the...

• An application by W. Wootten and Sons Ltd. for a feeder service between the Lewisham and Grove Park areas of south east...

• "How helpful it is to me when I hear a witness who is a transport expert. It makes my job so much easier", commented Mr....

• Representatives of 98,000 company busmen decided at a meeting on Wednesday to press for wage increases amounting, in some...

• Dalkeith Transport and Storage Co. Ltd. was refused an application for a short-term A licence and to vary its existing A...

• An application for general fare increases ranging from Id to 6d by the Trent Motor Traction Co. Ltd. has been rejected by the...

• An application by Continuous Haulage Constructors Ltd., of Bury, for a new B licence for 25 tippers was adjourned in...

• After a long meeting last week between Mr. J. L. Percival, managing director of Percival Brothers (Coaches) Ltd., Mr. Malcolm...

• R. Blackhurst (Blackpool) Ltd. was granted a variation to an excursions and tours licence after the company had reached...

• Archbold's (Freightage) Ltd.. of Leeds, applied at Glasgow last week for a new A licence for two attics based in Glasgow, on...

• Mr. J. G. Kaine was granted the addition of a three-ton trailer to his B licence in Manchester on Tuesday. The conditions...

Leeds' fans • Two coach operators were granted licences to carry Leeds United supporters to the Elland Road football ground,...

• A single fleet name and a special symbol for the long-distance State-owned express services which "criss-cross the entire...

• Metropolitan Police are concerned that all coach operators and drivers carrying parties to London's football stadia should...

• The automatic guidance of the Throughways bus described on page 19 allows the special bus tracks to be built to a narrower...

each 16 feeder services would be about 19 buses per hour, representing a maximum passenger waiting time at each stop of just...

• "Congestion should be managed, not metered" said Professor W. Fisher Cassie in the 25th Henry Spurrier Memorial Lecture to...

• "Now is the time to abandon the hostile competition between rail and road," said Mr. Tage Karlsson when he presented a paper...

• "More Bedford trucks were registered in the UK in 1969 than in any previous year, setting a new record for any one marque,"...

• British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd. made a profit after tax for the year ended September 30 1969 of £20,768,000. This was...

• The garage equipment field is being entered by a company formed and announced last week by the Burmah Group of companies. The...

for independents • The immediate future should see promising results by the British independent makers of heavy commercial...

at Geneva • Two new versions of chassis made by British Leyland companies will be featured at the Geneva Show which opens on...

• Contrary to a report published elsewhere last week, the Fiat 241 pick-up is not yet being marketed in Britain. Six examples...

D.S. Deacon, D.W. Morison and J.M. Park have been appointed directors of the Gosport and Fareham Omnibus Co.. which became a...

We record with regret the deaths of Peter Knowler. Frank William Sanders and John Henry Whitaker. Mr. Knowler was chairman of...

E. F. P. Dalziel, George Angus and Co.; C. B. Greensall, Halfords: G. Hills, Mitchells and Butlers; A. Moss, E. Gomme: R. C....

Peter Land • Peter A. Land, managing director of British Express Carriers Ltd., is one of the most interesting men in...

We welcome letters for publication on transport topics. Address them to Commercial Motor, 40 Bowling Green Lane, London, EC1....

Your readers might be interested in details of a walking-wheel vehicle which I was able to examine on a visit to Czechoslovakia...

by Handyman Benchwise: lathe sense WITH RISING COSTS, MoT testing and the need today to keep many outside working parts in a...

by the Hawk • No nonsense Road transport could do with a few more straight-talking, no-nonsense spokesmen to back the small...

Whatever the size of your fleet, whatever the size of your truck, Tecalemit automatic chassis lubrication gives you these...

Shell-Mex and BP driver induction courses are the start of a career. Advanced courses and refreshers perpetuate a driver's...

and operational trial by Tony Wilding, MIMechE, MIRTE AT ONE TIME fuel consumptions of around 10 or 11 mpg were common with...

in practice • In theory the claim that costing is a worthwhile exercise for the road transport operator can be substantiated....

First in a new series by David Lowe, MInstTA Silver Roadways Ltd BUSINESS efficiency and management techniques are well-worn...

by John Vann, FCII Some CMR implications • Goods in transit insurance is proving a worry to many transport operators mainly...

The CM Guide to 24-hour and Emergency Service for commercial vehicles, which was issued as a free supplement in the December 12...

Your power-weight ratio is showing by Janus D EMURRAGE has a long and respectable history. Dr. Johnson 200 years ago defined...

matters by John Darker AMBIM Incentives in road transport (2) LAST WEEK I referred briefly to the incentive scheme operated...

by Les Old ridge AIRTE, AMIMI Maintenance obligations ALL LEGISLATION concerning the operation of goods vehicles made in...

find it economic where more than one vehicle has to be delivered to a customer to load one on top of another. These deliveries...

Guidance on transport economics GIVING GUIDANCE to students on problems of transport economics following professional...

The next seven days from January16-January 22 MONDAY IRTE (Cheltenham and Gloucester) meeting: "Vehicle shock absorbers" by K....

Sold Haulage Ltd, Cap.: £100. Subs.: Muriel Goldstein and B. Goldstein, 70 Finsbury Pavement, EC2. Sec.: B. Goldstein. A_ J....