Transport Course at Ashridge
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FULL details of the week-end course on transport problems, arranged by Ashridge College in co-operation with the Institute of Transport, have now been announced. The course will follow the usual pattern of Ashridge courses, and will run from Friday evening, September 8, to Mbnday morning, September 11. The inclusive cost will be £.3 10s.
On the Friday evening, introductory addresses will be given by the principal of the college, Admiral Sir Denis Boyd, and by the president of the Institute, Sir Osborn Mance, On Saturday, Mr. G. J. Ponsonby, reader in commerce at the University of London, will talk on the economics of the transport industry, and Mr. M. A. Cameron, principal traffic officer of the British Transport Commission, will lecture On the B.T.C.
The two lectures on Sunday concern civil air transport and the London traffic Problem. The first will be given by Mr. I. W. S. Brancker, general manager fcommercial) of 'British Overseas Air. ways Corporation, and the second by
Mr: A. B. Valentine, member of the London transport Executive.
Inquiries and applications for enrolment should be made to the Secretary, Ashridge; Berkhamsted, Herts.
INCREASE CONTINUES IN • C-LICENSEES CURTHER expansionin the use of
C-licence vehicles is the keynote of the fifth annual report of the Traders' Road'. Transport Association, The report makes it clear that the nationali7 zation of the railways had not yet solved the i.cal transport„problern—" the railway problem" of -providing ..economical and efficient services without expendi
ture exceeding income. • As far as the Association was concerned. states the report, the past year brought a further strengthening through substantial increases in membership, as well as from further developments in area administrative machinery.
Dealing with the question of the 20-m.p.h, limit for heavy goods vehicles, the Association refutes the suggestion that vehicles . of this class cannot be safely driVen at 30 m.p.h. It points out that by increasing statutory speed limits, journey times could be reduced, with resulting economy in road transport costs. A difficulty under which the Association has been suffering is that the greatest shortage of vehicles is in the light-van class, and many traders were hampered by the impossibility of replacing vehicles of this type within a reasonably short time.