A N uninformed observer at the Road Haulage Association's annual conference at Rothesay last week might have been pardoned for...

T HE decision iaken last week by the Transport and General Workers' Union to sponsor an immediate claim by London busmen for an...

An Early Annual MEARLY 40 years of service devoted to improving 1 long-distance passenger transport may be said to be...

R oAp works to cost £321m. would be started before the end of the current financial year, Mr. Harold Walk inson, Minister of...

BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT T HE new pay claim of 53,000 London bus workers came as a surprise to the industry. No demand was...

j' CHANGE in British road markings to bring them into conformity with European standard markings was contemplated, Mr. Harold...

W HEN Bath City Council suddenly objected to buses running on their Wansdyke and Foxhill estates because the roads were not...

Corporation and the North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., to decide who should provide the stage services to the corporation's new...

Ma. P. A. Eats has become traffic superintendent of Accrington Corporation. MR. I. Root has been appointed transport manager...

T RAFFIC crossing the suspension I bridge over the River Thames at Marlow will be restricted to a laden weight of 2 tons if'...

wail about 65 per cent. of their WV traffic devoted to the wool trade, S. Leach (Transport). Ltd., Leeds, increased their...

T HEbiggest problem facing bus operators who served remote villages was to keep existing services going, the East Midlands...

the new St. Andrew's Square bus station in Edinburgh was challenged by Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., in the Valuation Appeal Court...

G ENERAL satisfaction with an enjoyable three-week trip from London to Moscow and back was expressed last Friday by the first...

A N application for increased fares by Oldham Corporation was granted by the North Western Traffic Commissioners, last week,...

DROPOSED measures to be intro duced by Westminster City Council to deal with traffic con g estion, includin g a ban on waitin g...

MHEN buses on a sta g e service have vW deposited their passen g ers at the terminus, it is no one's concern what the vehicles...

nECISION on an appeal which was stated to raise the q uestio n as to what an applicant had to prove to justify additional...

THE importance of giving a correct I. description of normal user when renewing an A licence was illustrated at Liverpool on...

P ASSENGERS travelling from South Shields to Coventry on coaches operated by Hall Bros., Ltd., were deposited five miles from...

A N order prohibiting Birmingham Compensation Appeal Tribunal from hearing an appeal by Mr. Henry Percy Leigh, of Cheadle Road,...

f AST week, the Ford factory at Cork, La Eire, exported 76 heavy-duty lorries and ambulances to Finland, which is one of...

ACTION has now been taken on ACTION approved by . delegates at the Road Haulage Association's annual conference at ROthesay...

pNERGETIC pursuit will be main tained by the International Union of Public Transport in their campaign to relieve traffic...

INDISPENSABLE to all concerned with the purchase and maintenance of vehicles and bodywork, the sixth edition of "The British...

A PROPOSED all-night bus service in. by Dundee Corporation, to cater for the city's night-shift workers, has been blocked for...

To demonstrate and sell British goods 1 on the Continent, a Taskers 28-ft. semi-trailer -has been equipped with a. film...

TOURNEYS by goods vehicles to what J was described by the defence as " one of the most desolate parts of South Wales" led to...

A COACH operator who applied at Bristol, fast week, for permission to serve the city's two football grounds from new estates at...

A CALL for the building of a bridge across the Humber as part of the national road programme was made last week by the...

F iGURES issued by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders on Monday show a drop of approximately £500,000 in the value...

I NTRODUCING a report on the Slough experiment to the Road Safety Congress in London last week, speakers gave illustrated...

S IK proposals were submitted to the delegates during a Road Safety Forum. Only one was carried. It advocated the more...

nELEGATES were given the oppor tunity of putting questions to a panel of experts at the Road Safety Parliament, under the...

for Dairymen S EVERAL new battery-clectrics are among the vehicle exhibits in the Dairy Show, which opened at Olympia, London,...

Go By Road Handling Highly Mechanized in Free Port ; Docks Laid Out to Avoid Congestion By a Special Correspondent I N...

A total of 113 fork-lift trucks is operated by the company, the majority being Still machines of 14 ton or 21-ton capacity. All...

THE Model B.70 Master Motor analyser is a new product of Crypton Equipment, Ltd., Bridgwater, Somerset. This comprises four...

Operators Claim Better Service than Ever. Before Without Cutting Their Profit Margin, But C-licence "Pirates," Owner-drivers...

E VERY praise is due to Mr. Leslie Stokoe. secretary of the Scottish Area of the Road Haulage Association, and his staff for...

By John F. Moon, A.M.I.R.T.E. H AVING spent two days testing the new Thornycroft Trusty PK /QR6 maximum-load . eight-wheeler,...

Part Two An Easily Followed Formula for Checking a Vehicle After .Road Test: Faults that May -Escape Detection By Edward...

L ATEST version of the Otter to -be La produced by Guy Motors, Ltd., is the oil-engined Mark III having modern frontal styling....

By JANUS C OMPOSED in language not always easy to understand, Sir Reginald Wilson's presidential address to the Institute of...

MOW that the sugar-beet season is upon us, I notice " that one of the local authorities of the Eastern Counties has given...

P GURES showing how different makers succeeded in various export markets are contained in the 1957 edition of "The Motor...

E VEN after an efficient vehicle or fleet has already been provided, a high standard of service can be consistently maintained...

P ATENT No. 782,389 shows a fivespeed and reverse gearbox suitable for a heavy vehicle. The primary drive is through a...