It seems that at long last the bus has turned the corner and that bus travel is likely to be with us until at least the end of...

Agreement has been reached in principle for the West Midlands PTA to take over Midland Red's stage services in its area. This...

• A reduction from 2 per cent to a maximum of 1.5 per cent in the rate of training levy in the road haulage sector has been...

• Sunderland's environment committee recommended this week that the handing over of the town's bus undertaking to the Tyneside...

• Transport operators and car owners should not have to meet the entire bill for research which led to environmental and safety...

• For the second time in three months the trade union negotiators walked out of a meeting of the Road Haulage Wages Council on...

• Aimed directly to meet the proposed goods vehicle licence legislation due for introduction at the end of 1973 are two new...

Wider responsibility has been placed on the shoulders of Mr John Peyton, Minister for Transport Industries, as a result of an...

by Martin Hayes • A firm commitment to keep the bus as an integral part of their passenger transport systems is provided this...

French hauliers visit MIA members in London to discuss co-operation • When more than 50 French international hauliers met the...

• During the four weeks of October, says the DoE, the average weekly recorded rate of production of commercial vehicles was...

• The Government defused the potential revolt by Conservative MPs in the Commons on Wednesday by accepting an Opposition motion...

• With a view to promoting the road transport industry, the North Western (Eastern) area Road Haulage Association, the...

• "The idea that a collection of side streets becomes a major road just by calling it the South Circular is a sick joke which...

• Britain must have a network of special roads to which heavy vehicles would be restricted, whether or not the Government...

• The four transport companies concerned in the blacking case that cost the TGWU £55,000 in fines returned to the National...

• Speaking at the opening of a new £200,000 Freightliner terminal at Felixstowe on Tuesday, Mr Stanley Turner, managing...

from our industrial correspondent • The labour relations liaison committee at Southampton last week went some way to resolving...

• The 1968 Race Relations Act has applied to all employers in Great Britain from last Sunday. Up till then the employment...

• A 30-page booklet, "The European Communities: Community Transit", obtainable free from any Customs and Excise office explains...

• At the end of a visit to Germany on the Michelin European Study Award, LDoY champion Lloyd Richards commented: "We learned a...

FTA members get fleet planning advice • Demountable bodies can offer substantial improvements in operation and savings in...

II First published in 1970 and brought up o date annually, the Transport Manager's Vandbook has been recommended as a extbook...

• Weighing only a little over 2 tons, a new, compact Colt two-horse transporter from Lambourn Engineering Ltd, Lambourn,...

• A computer controlled signalling system came into service on Monday on the 21 miles of MI, between Fiveways (Junction 2) and...

• Because of the Government's wage and prices freeze, an inquiry into proposed higher tolls for using the Tyne tunnel between...

by Martin Hayes • Many visitors to the Earls Court Show may have legitimately wondered to what use the four executive coaches...

• Buses, helped by a series of road priority measures, will spearhead SELNEC Passenger Transport Executive's attack on...

• Coach drivers, together with motorists and pedestrians, are assisting the Transport and Road Research Laboratory in a study...

• An experimental dial-a-bus service operating directly between passengers' homes and Wythenshaw Hospital, Manchester, is to be...

• An increase of almost exactly £100,000 in the profits of Plaxtons (Scarborough) Ltd, the Yorkshire coachbuilder, is revealed...

• One of West Fife's largest private bus companies last week hit out at a trade union claim that the use of part-time drivers...

• A determined commitment to meet the challenge of the private car as strongly as possible is contained in the West Midlands...

• • The law should be altered so that local authorities and Passenger Transport Authorities can be forced to think more in...

• When random checks were carried out on a number of refuse trucks and municipal vehicles operated by Dalton-in-Furness UDC in...

• Two vehicles were removed from the licence of Mr Thomas McMillan of Newton Mearns, after he had appeared before the Scottish...

• Because vehicles operated by G. W. T. Sanderson (Haulage) Ltd of Wakefield had received one delayed and three immediate GV9s...

• The Transport Tribunal, in a written decision, has ordered that the case of P. G. and J. M. Gerrish in which their licence...

• Three operators who failed to attend the South Eastern Licensing Authority's public inquiry at Eastbourne last week had their...

• Two Scottish coach operators had their licences curtailed under Section 127 of the 1960 Road Traffic Act by the Scottish...

• Friday October 13 proved to be an unlucky day for Worcester haulier Mr Philip Haines when a DoE vehicle examiner carried out...

John Wilson becomes national travel manager, London . and South East and general manager of Samuelson New Transport Co Ltd and...

A new edition of CM's Guide to 24-hour and Emergency Service will be inserted free in all UK copies of next week's Commercial...

• At a public sitting in Newcastle last week the chairman of the Northern Traffic Commissioners, Mr J. A. T. Hanlon, granted an...

driving by Trevor Longeroft ZF torque converter with synchro box lengthens clutch life too • Operator-resistance to automatic...

• From January 11973, ZF operations in the UK will be controlled by one newly formed company, ZF Great Britain. This company...

• All petrol-engined vehicles registered in the UK from November 10 1973, and not manufactured before September 20 1973, will...

Nearly 200 Leyland National singledeckers are now in service. Next week CM takes a look at the ways in which early service...

• A booklet telling operators how they can uprate the gross weights of Atkinson sixand eight-wheeled trucks is now available...

• A newly installed Adapta Chart system for the 560-vehicle Watney Mann fleet at Mortlake Brewery is proving so successful that...

Vehicles in World War II • The Observer's Fighting Vehicles Directory World War II is a book for the enthusiast as well as the...

• The United Kingdom's output of goods ,vehicles averaged 8264 a week in 1971; production of buses and coaches reached an...

• A statement by Signor Giovanni Agnelli, president of Fiat, at a recent news conference in Turin that he was "disappointed"...

What's in store for Britain's psi , operators when we join the EEC? CM Editor Brian Cottee asked Denis Quin, director of the...

The The Metro-Scania Quiet Bus appraised in service by Trevor Longcroft YOU CAN'T WIN! Sitting in Leicester Corporation...

workshop by Handyman Tyre bills a 'bargain' may cost money in the long run • Watch out for bad mixes • European remoulds can...

view by the Hawk • Politicking I detected a great flurry of activity behind the scenes at the beginning of this week, all...

passenger transport by John Darker TRANSPORT SPOKESMEN WILL NEED TO BE PERSUASIVE UNDER the new Local Government Act 1972,...

Haifa league onward PRESSURE GROUPS do not follow any easily recognized pattern. They may gather support from a wide area or...

by Martin Hayes NOT so very long ago men who were bus drivers regarded their job almost as a profession. They looked on...

A sledge-hammer for in • Taking a sledgehammer to mend a clock is a pretty fair description of the freeze measures on prices...

by Antho big boys' loss 0,00,e ny CM takes a look at some small independent operators who took over axed bus company routes...

Tom McLaren • ClIr Thomas McLaren neither owns nor drives a car, so as a life-long passenger and now chairman of the new...

by John Darker SUCCESS in business usually demands specialization. As competition hots up the provider of generalized services...

by Derek Moses THE DECLINE of public transport in British towns and cities has now ceased, while stabilization of the...

drawbar trailer regarded by law as a "trailer"? I am not at all clear on the legal situation. A The legal status of the dolly...

engine by analysis of the lubricating oil? If so, is an oil analysis service available in this country and what is your opinion...

and I understand that it is possible to claim a tax allowance against the provision of vehicles according to their...

the Continent. It is proposed to use 35cwt Luton-type vehicles so that the drivers will not need kg,' driving licences and the...

matters by John Darker, AMBIM Don't forget the dustmen ONE of the least publicized consequences of the local government...

by Les Oldridge, AMIRTE, IVIIMI Notice of intended prosecution A DRIVER who is to be prosecuted for a traffic offence should...

learning by T. W Bigley Getting a broad picture of transport Winner of the Road Haulage Association Intermediate Examination...