A FTER Mr. Fraser's terse comment in the House of Commons on Tuesday that the Geddes report may or may not prove to be "...

COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY ADVOCATES SCRAPPING OF CARRIER; CENSING : SUGGESTS PERMITS BASED ON VEHICLE FITNESS U INT1L studies in...

rOMMENTING on the Geddes report, the Road Haulage Assoeiation stated that although some sensible - criticisms of the present...

" WE feel this is an interesting and able V e document, . . and our feeling is that if the Geddes Committee recommends going...

"THE Committee performs a valuable I service in underlining the importance of transport. on on account to the national economy...

UNT1RE confirmation of the British I— , Road Federation evidence concerning C-licence operation and its advantages —that was...

A SPOKESMAN for British Railways srl , said that while the Board agreed that the present licensing system contributed little to...

A STATEMENT from the National Conference of Road . Transport Clearing Houses said that its first reaction . was that the...

FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT IN a written answer in the Commons on Tuesday, the Minister of Transport I commented on...

of Transport this week refused to make the use of mudflaps on lorries compulsory. The suggestion had been made in the Commons...

the day when tipping vehicles will be withdrawn from certain Mendip quarries who refuse to pay economic rates (see "The...

A SUFFICIENT number of members of the Traders Road Transport Association and Road Haulage Association have volunteered to...

1- "k A HIGHLY successful initial venture in running a transport managers' course reached conclusion at the Luton College of...

TF plans instigated by the Industrial Trans. .L port Association materialize, correspondence courses will be available not only...

A T a meeting of the standing committee last week the trade unions representative of British Road Services clerical and...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT THE National Board for Prices and Incomes is to publish its " judgment " on the proposed 5...

Q FEN here about to depart on its first journey is a new Guy-York outfit which ■ –; Rutherford Brothers Continental. Transport...

Reduced Services QINCE the beginning of this Year Devon , s-.) General Bus Co. Ltd. had applied to reduce 22 services, mainly...

ONDON'S bus and tube fares will not he increased this year. Mr. Fraser told MPs this week that at the request of the Government...

MO news of Hinton—that was the position last week when the Minister of Transport was questioned in the Commons about the...

Way " on Sunday (June 27) will be devoted to London Coastal Coaches and Victoria Coach Station. Ficeffines to Replace...

A N application to add three articulated vehicles to their A licence was granted to Sumer Bros., of Northallerton, Yorkshire,...

jN areas where British Railways have I withdrawn their facilities they should not be granted opportunity to object to the...

Tnladen weight disparities between %-) petrol and diesel vehicles cast doubt on the " earnings per ton unladen weight" formula...

A N application by a Mr, R. V. • Cole, of Bristol, for a variation of his B-licence conditions was refused by the Western....

general manager of Hull Corporation Transport, has warned that the undertaking could be facing a very grim future. In his...

T HE 115 trolleybuses currently operated by Glasgow Corporation Transport are likely to be replaced by motorbuses over the...

by Derek Moses A T a time when London Transport is about to place into service some rather " ordinary-looking " Atlantean...

the Omnibus Society in London last week-end it was announced that Mr. W. M. Dravers, retiring chairman of the Public Transport...

chairman of the national council of the Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association, with Mr. E. A. Lainson (Premier Travel Ltd.)...

T HE new research and development centre of Teleilex Products Ltd. was opened by Mr. J. A. Smith, managing director of the...

The weekly Road and Workshop Feature by Handyman appears this week on page 80.

WHEN a Harvey articulated car transVV porter, built to the new Construction and Use regulations, was being demonstrated to the...

and Publications Tilting-platform Self-loading Trailer Removing Pests and Oil AMOW available from Bradville Ltd. is a...

LDOY-LONDON ROUND By Norman H. Tilsley " DOST OFFICE trained and proud of Iit" was how this year's winner of the London round...

ecord By P. A. C. BROCKINGTON LDOY LEICESTER ROUND A RECORD number of vehicles took part in the Leicester contest at Melton...

By ASHLEY TAYLOR TNIHAT are classified as 105,000 co. ft. WY tankers were placed in the hands of the finalists for the run off...

klready a successful aonventional port, it faces a fantastic upsurge of business when roll-on Ferries start operating BY NORMAN...

ByAJ P WILDING AMIMechE., nNE of _ the anomalies of the latest Construction and Use Regulations is that whilst 32 tons gross...

iT was confirmed last week that North Sea Ferries Ltd.—a British-Dutch-German I consortium of six shipping companies--will...

By The Hawk Design Problem? I am told that the relative frequency of overturning accidents to loaded cementmixing vehicles is...

L ARGE Press advertisements taken by the Transport Holding Company to draw public attention to a number of points in the annual...

By Ashley Taylor, AMIRTE, ASSOC INST T F ROM Dumfries to Stranraer is a distance of around 75 miles, and on Monday of last...

Tees-side Airport Clearance • For Road Freight A NOTHER airport—Tees-side (Middleton) on B1273 between Darlington and Yarm—has...

By S. BucKiey Assoc tnst C O-ORDINATION in transport is nothing new despite what politicians and some economists may imply....

Following the publication of Road Haulage Wages Regulation RH(82), a reader asks what are the employers' relative...

Leyland's Half Way There A T the end of the first six months of the current trading year LEYLAND MOTORS are well on the way to...

By George Wilmot Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of London ECONOMIC TERMS AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO TRANSPORT 6....

Glass-fibre in General Haulage I T is not my intention to discuss methods and techniques in the application of glass-fibre to...