§ Mr. Cookasked the Minister of Transport if he is satisfied with current financial controls over the chief highway engineer's research budget.
Weekly costs * London Transport Distance miles British Rail NBC subsidiary Underground (Outer Zone)‡ Car running costs† £ £ £ £ 1 1.24 1.23 1.20 0.50 2 1.66 2.05 2.05 1.00 3 2.13 2.37 2.95 1.50 4 2.70 2.70 3.84 2.00 5 3.27 3.03 4.43 2.50 10 5.93 4.09 7.23 5.00 20 10.57 6.14 11.68 10.00 30 13.11 8.18 15.09 15.00 * The public transport figures are based on the cost of monthly season tickets but the car costs are on a mileage basis. † The car running costs include petrol, oil and tyres and assume that only the driver is travelling. If total car costs are considered the figures in this column are about four time larger. ‡ London Transport underground figures refer to travel wholly outside an area roughly bounded by the Circle line. Travel wholly or partly within this boundary is one-third more expensive.