THIS country, under a Socialist Government, is 1 growing so accustomed to facing crises that it is becoming increasingly...

The Handicapped Must be Remembered in Bus Design . . . S 0ME standardization of hand rails and seat grips to aid passengers...

D ESPITE a further deficiency of about £38,000 on last year's working of Cardiff transport undertaking, there has been an...

pounds, has been placed by the Ministry of Supply with the Rootes Group for a 1-ton four-wheeled military vehicle which has...

representatives of the Road Haulage Association were made by several hundred operators at an Association meeting in...

RBAGTING an 'approaching storm • •of applications for higher fares, • there Is now a lull in' the Licensing • Authorities'...

MR. R. LAYTON, divisional transport officer of the Durham Coal Board, has retired. MR. J. HOLMES, of Trojan. Ltd., is visiting...

A NY proposal which might limit the activities of small bus operators would be viewed with anxiety by Norfolk Finance...

E'OLLOWING a parade of 250 1 vehicles in Birmingham last Saturday, a hauliers' meeting was called last Monday to discuss the...

in L.-this country to use buses with powerassisted steering, Messrs. Tailby and George Blue Bus Services, Willington, will...

A S the result of an agreement between the Meat Transport Organization, Ltd.. and the Transport and General Workers' Union,...

• Mexico has ordered 1,000,000 AC.Sphinx sparking plugs. Twenty-three Perkins engines are being exhib:ted at the Brussels...

L AST year the United States produced 1,343,000 commercial vehicles, according to Ward's Automotive Reports. The figure for...

A MOVE to amend Hull Works CornrAmittee's Socialist-inspired resolution to hire lorries from the Road Haulage Executive,...

A REMINDER that if hauliers apply for partial acquisition of their businesses by the Road Haulage Executive, they would also be...

S TRONG resentment has been expressed by the council of the Public Transport Association at the " inconsiderate manner" in...

THE extent to which commerciali vehicle production is likely to fall because of the 15-20-per-cent. cut in sheet-steel supplies...

T HE establishment of 'goods and passenger transport centres at towns six or seven miles from Glasgow, to eliminate traffic...

Cheek by Jowl M ANY users of transport find difficulty in distinguishing between nationalized and free-enterprise concerns....

he ROAD By Alan Smith A BOUT three years ago, the chairman of a big food concern paid a visit to one of his company's...

By L. J. COTTON, M.1.R.T.E. B ELGIUM has few inanufacturers producing cars or commercial vehicles, cOnsequently there is ample...

of State Transport By J. B. BURGHART (East Midlands Area Representative, National Union of Manufacturers) Because the R.H.E....

Epicyclic Gearbox with Electro-pneumatic Valves Actuated by Centrifugal and Throttle Governor to Provide Fully Automatic...

IN the construction of lightweight 1 bodies, traditional building methods have now gone by the board. Design has received a...

A Method by Means of Which Operating Expenses may be Expressed as Percentages of the Total is Discussed in this Article I...

DOWER-ASSISTED braking equipment. which calls for, no extra controls in the cab of the tractive, unit has recently been...

Executive Embarks on Consolidation Programme, and Tries to Increase Efficiency, Reduce Costs and Eliminate Waste 44 1-IREE...

is Flexible By C. S. DUNBAR, M.Inst.T A RGUMENTS concerning the carriage of fish arise so frequently during hearings before...

P LANS are being made to produce British-built Reo goods and passenger chassis employing power and transmission units imported...

How Vehicle Turn-round is being Speeded up in the Factory and on the Farm By Harold Wickenden T HE farmer, the factory, and...

P ATENT No. 645,792 comes from Morris Motors, Ltd., Cowley, Oxford, and discloses a transmission system having several novel...