D OUB LE DEC KERS FOR CHELTENHAM.
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A Cheltenham Company Places a Fleet of Guy Four-wheelers in Service for Meeting the Needs of Adjacent Districts.
ONE of the first fleets of the new Guy Invincible four-wheeled doubledeck buses to be delivered for service is , that which Guy Motors, Ltd.,
Fallings Park, Wolverhampton, has recently supplied to the Cheltenham and District Traction Co., Ltd. This company is using the vale:es on routes
semi-bucket-type seats which are upholstered in antique -brown leather, whilst those passengers who use the upper deck are provided with Slatted seats which have spring-steel semi-bucket backs. .All the side windows in the lower salami are fixed, but above them are mounted swiVelling. ventilators ivhich Open outward. There are sliding windows in the front bulkhead, both behind the driver and on the near side.
The headroom in the lower deck is 5 ft. 11* ins., so that the passengers are not inconvenienced when making their way " to or leaving their seats.
Four roof stanchions are used in the interior, these being covered with black Doverite, whilst leather straps are provided for passengers who may have to . stand.
So far as -interior lighting is concerned, there is a number of flush-fittinglamps in the lower saloon, whilst a concealed light throws a beam on to the step and, conductor's platform. Incidentally, there is a light mounted at the top of the stairway leading to the upper deck. Special equipment incorporated in the Cheltenham buses includes a gearbox-driven speedometer. The future of the motorbus in America's transport system appears to be very pronaiSing,. There are still some 45,000 communities in the country without railway services. Within 75 miles Of Indianapolis, for instance, there are 185,000 people in 612 towns and villages of 50 inhabitants or more who havka no access to any railway. It is in such areas that there exists a noncompetitive field for the rapid develop
ment of bus services. .
Urban bus transport in America is also increasing rapidly with the extended growth of the important cities, which results in the creation of a need for additional facilities. Thegeographical and geological characteristics of the country foretell steady development in this need for road transport.
The view is expressed that America's future need for large-scale transportation at low cost must be met by a careful co-ordination of nation-wide transport agencies, in which rail, motor and air services assist and serve as a complement to each other.