'Set High Standards for Public Transport' " IT is essential
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that if roads are to be I kept within reasonable limits the greatest possible proportion of people should be carried by public transport ", says Manchester Town Planning and Buildings Committee, reporting to the City Council on the use of main roads as bus routes.
This could be achieved only if public transport approached the standard of the private car as regards convenience and cost, the report went on. The transport operator could also make a considerable contribution to speed, particularly in respect of longer distance suburban traffic by segregating short-distance passengers from those travelling farther and operating limited-stop or express services to cater for the latter. In this respect Manchester was leading the country, if not the world, in providing this type of service, and was planning to extend it wherever possible, says the report.