§ Mr. SUMMERSBYasked the Minister of Transport whether, to meet the existing demand for better services of omnibuses operating circular London routes instead of along concentric lines, he will 1641W suggest to the London Passenger Transport Board that the central traffic congestion might be reduced and shopping facilities spread over a wider area by the adoption of a policy of this nature; and whether he will recommend experiments with a service from Hendon to Muswell Hill and onwards?
Mr. STANLEYI understand from the board that in their experience circular omnibus routes do not meet the general traffic requirements, but that there are a number of transverse or lateral routes which afford facilities for passing from suburb to suburb without penetrating to the centre of London. A connection from Muswell Hill to Hendon and beyond was provided during the time of the Wembley Exhibition, but, even with the additional traffic which the exhibition created, it did not prove justified on traffic grounds. There is a lateral route starting at Totteridge and skirting the north of Muswell Hill over to Tottenham and Edmonton, and I understand that the board are considering the working of a route from the Wembley side as far as East Finchley.