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• A cut of 40 per cent in the numbers of cars in use in central London would allow a really efficient bus service to operate. This was said last week by Sir Richard Way, chairman of London Transport, when he addressed a conference of Common Market civic leaders at County Hall.
Sir Richard called on the Government to do something about people who used company cars in which to commute. They were thus gaining tax advantages. Sir Richard continued: "I have not yet reached the stage where I can offer free travel, and I don't want to."
Cheaper parking at strategic points out of central London might encourage greater use of public transport, said Sir Richard.
The conference concluded with the issue of a communiqué which said that restrictions on the use of cars within EEC capital cities might be the only way to solve the problems of congestion in the short-term. At the same time public transport must be made more attractive.