No Right to Use Roads for Parking
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IT must soon be accepted that no_ one I would have the right, at anytime; to use the highway for parking, except in authorized places, Mr. J. D. C. Churchill, assistant secretary of London Transport Executive, told delegates to the Town Planning Institute, at Southport last week.
Mr. Churchill continued, the principle must be that no vehicle had the right to stop on the highway longer than was necessary to take-Up or set-down passengers or deliver goods.
Describing conditions in London, Mr. Churchill said: "The problem is being tackled on the basis that parking on the highway shall no longer be free and shall be permitted only where moving traffic will not be obstructed.
" The parking charge should contain no element of subsidy for there can be no justification for encouraging a .small privileged minority to use a form of transport which involved extravagant use of the highway and at the same time made it more difficult and more expensive to provide satisfactory public services for the majority. .
" By-bringing the price mechanism into play the evils and abuses of indiscriminate street parking should be done away with."
Mr. Churchill said a central London survey showed that 87 per cent. of the kerb space was used during the day; 50 per cent, of Cars stayed for more than four hours and 32 per cent.. for more than six hours. Before long the ban on street parking would have to be applied universally.
COMPANIES LINK-UP TO MAKE SEALED LAMPS
A NEW company has been formed to
manufacture all-glass sealed headlamp units, for automatic and industrial purposes, in Great Britain. British Sealed Beams, Ltd., was registered on May 15 with a capital of £1m. The factory will be at Corby, Northants, and production is expected to begin in a year's time.
Partners in this venture are the A.E.I. Lamp and Lighting Co., Ltd., the General Electric Co., Ltd., and Joseph Lucas, Ltd. It is expected that the combined specialiied knowledge of these three concerns will result in considerable technical advantages in the manufacture of these lamps.
Production of all-glass lamp units has to be carried out on highly specialized automatic machinery and a large economical output volume is necessary to justify the capital outlay. Thus the three companies have agreed to combine their total requirements. in a single manufacturingunit.
An all-glass sealed beam lamp is made from two hermetically sealed glass pressings, one being silvered -to form a reflector and the other optically constructed to provide a beam pattern. Tungsten filaments are accurately mounted in relation to the glass parts.