For over 60 years attempts have been made by pundits of many persuasions to determine track costs as between road and rail....

how many will be convinced? • The promised Ministry of Transport report, "Road Track Costs", published yesterday (Thursday)...

Despite the publicity given to the new double-deckers designed specifically for o-m-o which are to be introduced by Manchester...

• A day-long meeting of the Road Haulage Wages Council on Tuesday was adjourned without reaching a decision on the pay of...

• The Kent LDOY competition date has been advanced one week and will now take place on June 9. The venue is Lockmeadow Market,...

TORIES LAUNCH NEW CAMPAIGN AND PUBLISH DETAILED COSTING OF BILL'S EFFECTS from our political correspondent • The Conservative...

targets for 'smalls' drivers '111 A bonus scheme applying to all grades of staff, which is likely to put drivers in the...

• Containers have proved an embarrassment to road haulage, and where traders have specified their use they have had to pay...

• Using British Railways' LiverpoolGlasgow Freightliner service for the trunk haul, a high speed overnight parcels service in...

• The RTITB announced this week that a driving instructor training unit based on the Board's Wembley HQ, will be opened in May....

SCAN IA'S CHIEF GIVES EXAMPLE AT AMSTERDAM • One of the talking points last week in Amsterdam, where the international...

CM The average weekly circulation of COMMERCIAL MOTOR in 1967, as certified by the Audit Bureau of Circulation, was 34,276...

Armoured Ford Transits complete with gun-ports and a bullet-proof shield, are being used to carry cash in Aden and the West...

by R. D. Cater • A new range of general haulage semitrailers based on a peripheral frame design has been announced by Arrow...

• A licence for assembly and sale ofJapane se Hi no vehicles has been taken up by J . Harris (Assemblers) Ltd., of Santry, Co....

• In conjunction with the International Container Services and Equipment Exhibition at Olympia. May 27-31, a two-day symposium...

AN ANALYSIS OF THE ESTIMATED E1 50M ANNUAL COST OF THE TRANSPORT BILL'S PROVISIONS by Sam Buckley • An increase in freight...

• The moves to set up PTAs start this week. "I am losing no time", commented Mrs. Barbara Castle, when she told MPs last week...

• A confidential Scottish Office report has been prepared for Government Ministers and regional planning bodies on the likely...

• George Gibb, director of freight planning. Transport Holding Company, has been apposnted general manager of the Freightliner...

• A public inquiry expected to last three days was adjourned by Mr. D. I. R. Muir, Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner, on...

• The difficulties of clearing waste and refuse from the large stores in Norwich was acknowledged before the Eastern LA, Mr. W....

• The Industrial Transport Association is to appoint a part-time education officer to co-ordinate its educational and...

• Cranford Hall Garage Ltd. admitted, at Uxbridge magistrates' court last Friday, the unlicensed operation of a public service...

Ham, has been elected chairman, Eastern Area (Metropolitan Section), London and Home Counties Division, TRTA. T. A. Jenkinson,...

• Oldham Corporation has been granted a fares increase which comes into effect on Sunday (February 18). The minimum 3d fare...

• British Railways may run its own bus service if an application which has been submitted to the North Western Traffic...

• A variation to an express licence described by the objectors as "changing the entire nature of the operation" was sought by...

"THE NFC may grant you a licence and its counterpart British Railways can object so that the grant is withdrawn." This...

• Rather than restrict the applicant's choice of customer, the Metropolitan deputy LA, Mr. W. G. Levitt, granted a B licence...

by Derek Moses • Reports in a national newspaper that the final part of the London Traffic Survey will recommend that...

• The purchase of another 52 doubledeck buses designed for o-m-o was approved by Newcastle City Council last week. They will...

• The Tory council leaders in Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and Newcastle have written to their colleagues in every county,...

• The 77,000 busmen employed by municipal undertakings have been awarded an increase of 7s 6d in the two-week holiday bonus....

from our political correspondent • The Central Transport Consultative Committee—the public watchdog over the railways—has been...

from our industrial correspondent • Bus union leaders whose £1 a week rises for 77,000 municipal drivers and conductors were...

• The 14th British Coach Rally will be held at Brighton on Saturday and Sunday, April 20/21. It will be sponsored by Coaching...

• A resolution protesting against the expected take-over of Salford's transport undertaking with its £2.75m assets was defeated...

• A deputation from the Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association, together with a representative of the Northern Road Transport...

• A new £90,003 one-way traffic scheme for the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne will include bus only lanes, announced Mr. Derek...

• Urban authorities of over 50,000 population and all traffic and parking authorities in the conurbations outside Greater...

• Too many scientists disappointed with their prospects in aviation are now turning to the study of surface transport problems,...

• A new ground-level-loading range of trailers and semi-trailers is to be announced shortly by yet another engineering company...

• To provide stronger construction and easier repair, unitized running-gear assemblies with their own sub-frames are now part...

• The Western vehicle maintenance advisory committee still feels that not all the problems concerning the correct use of tyres...

• The difficulty of forecasting the type of torque characteristics operators will require was discussed at a joint meeting in...

by Tony Wilding The prospects of a link between Krupp and a non-German Manufacturer have been dashed by the news that Krupp is...

• The first Primrose self-tracking three-axle trailer has been built and has started a demonstration tour of operators in the...

How Americans tackle vehicle weight control British road transport operators are taking a keen look at vehicle weighing...

present hauli rs' problem, adequate maintenance, w s heralded by the announcement last Novi mber by Vauxhall Motors Ltd.,...

Brochure on bodywork A brochure describing its new C.A.C. Payload Plus commercial-vehicle bodies has been published by the...

by Handyman Vehicle recovery • Last week I described the drill to follow on arriving at the scene of an accident: the need to...

WIDELY varied reactions are likely to the little man introduced by the Conservatives as Transport "Bill" dressed in traditional...

As a subscriber to your 24-hour breakdown and recovery service advertisement column for the past six months. I feel that I...

I have read the letter regarding "24-hour breakdown services" with interest. I personally took the trouble one night, while...

I was very interested to read Mr. Hutchingson's letter on garages which offer 24-hour breakdown services and who, when called...

It is quite apparent that a completely fresh thought needs to be brought to bear upon the traffic system of this country. If we...

In Amsterdam last week Scania-Vabis announced their decision to drop the Vabis from the make name of their products (but not...

I gather that Monday of this week saw one of the top-level meetings to hammer out the physical pattern of the Leyland-BMC...

I suppose "Coras Iompair Eireann" sounds quite attractive if you know how to pronounce it, but "CIE" seems somehow a very...

Licensing Authorities are going to be saddled with some onerous decisions if the Transport Bill goes through, but they are...

BY A. J. P. WILDING, AMIMechE, MIRTE IMPROVED goods models from ScaniaVabis, new engines from DAF, and new p.s.v. from...

R. D. CATER, AMInstBE, investigates RoSPA 's defensive driving course JUST HOW GOOD a road-user am I? This is what I asked...

considering the Transport Bill I make this plea: Let us have a system which is geared to the industry it serves, let it be fast...

BY RALPH MURFITT, CHAIRMAN. RALPH MURFITT LTD. A SWISS ENGINEER at the end of the 19th century faced a problem which could not...

THE YEAR 1968 shows every sign of being difficult for British manufacturers and this will affect service industries such as...

an h.g.v. driver, driving instructor, vehicle inspector and more recently in charge of maintenance and inspection. When I...

forests and I am considering using an agricultural tractor and trailer for this work. Would it be legal for me to move on the...

body on an eight-wheeled rigid chassis. Can you give some rough idea of what such a vehicle would cost to run? A Estimating...

tow a trailer on which I load my racing car. At the goods rate of tax the lorry and trailer cost me (62 a year, plus a C...

engine is allowed to idle for a few minutes to warm up before starting off? Is it preferable to drive off immediately the...

I APPLAUD the announcement that the Institute of Transport is deciding to make the entirely new appointment of a director of...