TRANSPORT IN LONDON

Evening Star, Issue 20052, 18 December 1928, Page 8

TRANSPORT IN LONDON

CO-ORDINATION OF SERVICES BILLS BEFORE COMMONS. (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—'.Telegraph -Copyright RUGBY, December 15. Private Bills for powers to proceed with an extensive plan for. tho co-ordi-nation of London passenger transport services have been deposited with the House of Commons by the London County Council and the London General Omnibus Company. The Bills provide that tho London Traffic Advisory Committee shall become tho statutory authority to which would bo referred all questions that may arise as to fares, adequacy of tho services, and plans for future developments. This body would thus become the public’s protection against exploitation by any monopoly thus created. The Bills carry out in all particulars the recommendations made by the London Traffic Committee a, year ago. The Government, it. is understood, lias undertaken to give facilities to enable the Bills to he passer! before the General Election next year. The underground group is prepared to start work on tube railway extensions in various parts of the London area, as soon as the Bills become law. Modern tube railways cost approximately £1,000,000 per mile, and the underground group is prepared to start on works costing from £15,000,000 to £20,000,000 if assured that wasteful competition between the various forms of transport services will be eliminated-