£1,220m. Spent on Road Transport
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ELEVEN 15er cent, of the national LA income was spent on road transport and travel in 1950. This figure was three times as much as was spent on other forms of internal transport.
This estimate was made by Mr. E. Rudd, of ,the Road Research Laboratory, when he addressed the Royal Statistical Society last week.
About £1,060m. was spent on transport by road in 1949 and about £1,220m. in 1950. The 1950 figure included nearly £540m. spent on goods haulage, £210m. on transport by bus, etc., and £340m. on private and business motoring.
Mr. Rudd gave these figures in a paper entitled "Estimates of Expenditure on Road Transport in Great Britain." They were prepared to assist in the planning of road research. Figures obtained from "The Commercial Motor" Tables of Operating Costs were largely used by Mr. Rudd in assessing totals relating to commercial transport.
Three tables from Mr. Rudd's paper are reproduced here. Reference to Table I shows that more than half of the expenditure on road goods transport was made by ancillary operators. In 1949, contract-A and C-licensees spent an estimated £285m. out of a total of £460m. • Private passenger transport companies' receipts were slightly higher than those of State undertakings (see Table II).