TT is bad enough that the intransigence of the National Union of Railwaymen should hold up full development of Freightliners....

'THE Road Transport Industry 1 Training Board has confirmed its intention to set up a grants scheme and impose a levy before...

T HE new braking regulations with respect to existing vehicles after 1972, or whenever the phrasing period ended, referred only...

R ATED "the best yet" is the new British Road Services Ltd. custom-built depot at Hazel Road, ICnottingley, Yorkshire, half a...

EXTRA precautions taken to protect goods vehicles from theft during the particularly dangerous period before Christmas are...

U SE of an electronically controlled meat and perishables handling installation at Liverpool docks (the Blue Star berth), which...

CATHING attacks were made on the railways' attitude towards freight when the Lords discussed the Railways Board's finances last...

BY OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT I T looks as if the Government's big double-white-line experiments on three-lane roads has been...

have had A.'d talks with Mr. John Morris, Parliamentary Secretary for Transport, about British Railways' proposal to withdraw...

TRGENT Government action to ensure that this country was ready to deal with a great increase in the use of containers was...

T HE North Western deputy LA, Mr. A. H. Jolliffe, rejected a submission at Manchester this week that a wholly owned subsidiary...

B IRMINGHAM Corporation has lost 83 m. bus passengers in the past six months, the West Midland Traffic Commissioners were told...

A JOINT application by North Western Road Car Co. Ltd., Midland Red and East Kent Road Car Co. Ltd for backing to divert an...

SOMEONE put up a blackboard notice at a Kent railway station to say the line would close on January 9. But last week trains...

THE Yorkshire-Torbay Pool operators' bid to provide increased facilities between the West Riding industrial area and the west...

VOLLOWING hearings in December and January, the application by A. T. Saint, A: of Stockport, for a new A licence for three vans...

MR. C. J. MACDONALD, Metropolitan deputy Licensing Authority, refused an application by Mr. J. Money, of York Rise, London, for...

.` R E careful of your responsibility as a licence' holder", said Mr. C. J. Macdonald, Metropolitan deputy Licensing Authority,...

THE Leeds University electronic computer is to be used to work out methods for better bus timetabling. The Science Research...

D ESPITE another appeal by the unions this week, the 34per cent pay rise for 100,000 provincial company busmen has been...

LONDON TRANSPORT was doing a superlative job with an outmoded system of transport, said Mr. C. W. Glover, the inventor of the...

N EW regional organizations to improve public transport—the Passenger Transport co-ordinating Committees for the Northern,...

Automotive Products Associated Ltd., parent company of the Automotive Products Group, has formed a new group administrative...

Success sparks new Scammell boxvan co successful were the tandem-axle Scammell' Duramin Silverline boxvans, that Scarnmell...

T HE King system pneumatic-discharge non-tipping bulk-powder articulated tanker—exhibited for the first time at the 1966...

equipped with a high-swirl aeration cone designed to give rapid discharge without bridging or degradation. The trailer is based...

THE first Hy Spill frameless tipping semi' trailer to be built in this country by Telehoist Ltd., of Cheltenham, is being...

Q UITE apart from the accidents that result directly from weather conditions, speed, drink, or just plain cussedness and...

T HE latest move by Dennis Bros. Ltd., in its plans to improve after-sales service and spares facilities for its customers is...

A 2 in. light-duty beam is now available from Dexion Ltd. to supplement its Speedlock construction system. Although of slightly...

NEW version of the company's Trojan Dyna-Power Mk. 7 washing and waxing machine has been introduced by the J. D. Aptaker...

'El prevent accidents involving portable ectric tools, Wolf Electric Tools has, in conjunction with the British Safety Council,...

W ESSEX Industries (Poole) Ltd. has been appointed sole distributor of the Paliton range of pedestrian-controlled handor...

S UITABLE for factories, warehouses and so on, an advanced type of pneumatically-operated Power-Glide sliding-door gear has...

AN air-powered reciprocating saw for use on wood, metal, and other materials has been added to the range of Ingersol-Rand power...

B ASED on calcium chloride and sold in pellet form, a new product to dispose of snow and ice is now being introduced into the...

View BY THE HAWK Black boxes for all? T HERE was no firm consensus of opinion, I hear, among union leaders when they...

W HAT Mr. Peter Walker, MP, had to say the other day on the subject of road haulage licensing amounts to complete acceptance of...

32-TON GROSS ARTIC rr WIN-STEER tractive units are a fairly recent arrival on the British transport scene. A number of...

"TRANSPORT, and in particular road transport, is a compli cated business and the rules and regulations governing the road...

vehicle which I believe I can do locally. When I purchase the vehicle and licence will be able to operate within the scope of...

A We are not aware of any relative survey having been carried out in the UK. But in the United States, Eaton, Yale and Towne...

zed ignition system to the petrol engine of a delivery van offer advantages in terms of reduced fuel consumption, easier...

allowances and annual allowances for taxation purposes on used commercial vehicles? A Regarding initial allowances, 20 per...

A The initials TIR stand for Transport Internationale Routier and ISO for International Standards Organization. The initials...

a variation in your conditions. This application will be published in As and Ds and will be open to objection. Could you...

a used truck weighing over three tons unladen even though it is operated on general trade plates? A Regulation 64 of the Motor...

freeze has been as regards salaried workers? Do you anticipate that transport white-collar workers' salaries will reflect an...

T HE control of road passenger transport is administered in 11 traffic areas—Metropolitan, Northern, Yorkshire, NorthWestern,...

I T looks to be a near certainty that the results of United Transport Company for 1966 will exceed, and by a substantial...

Colebourn Transport Ltd. Cap.: /100 Dirs.: G. D. Colebourn, 16 Weald Way, Romford, Essex. R. J. Colebourn, 34 Treswell Road,...

BY IAIN SHERRIFF, mITA THE administration, operation, and maintenance of a fleet of light vans operating on C licence are...

T HE problems of the transport manager or transport executive are considerable. Having arrived at the point where he is in...

a satisfactory conclusion. After 24 hours' tuition she passed her test. During the entire period of tuition the pupil...

THE world's first direct 24-hour two-way VHF car radio link between a motoring organization and its individual members on the...

INSURANCE coverage is topical and it may be as well to look at one aspect of it which is important to the fleet user: "Loss of...