§ 48. Mr. H. WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the traffic congestion caused owing to the fact that many tramcar and omnibus stops are placed on the near instead of on the remote side of traffic lights; and whether he will consider drawing the attention of local authorities to this cause of traffic congestion?
§ Captain A. HUDSONMy right hon. Friend's attention has been drawn to the question of the siting of tramcar and omnibus stopping places in the vicinity of signal controlled junctions, and after careful consideration he has come to the conclusion that, in the interests of the safety and convenience of the travelling public, it is generally desirable that the vehicles in question should stop before crossing the junctions.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSWould the Minister be willing to consider making the change experimentally at a few points in order to examine whether the change is likely to be successful?
§ Captain HUDSONThere is a body called the Stopping-Places Advisory Committee, a sub-committee of the Traffic Advisory Committee, which goes round with representatives of the local authorities, and in each case tries to choose the right place.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSWill the Minister allow one of the members of that committee to go round with me?