§ 20. Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make an assessment of the relationship between public transport fares in the London area and traffic congestion.
§ Mr. EyreThe relationship between public transport fares and traffic congestion is only one element of a very complex equation. The new planning arrangements under the Transport Bill will foster proper analysis of the relationship between fares, services, patronage, costs and benefits and subsidy. Meanwhile the estimate the GLC gave the Select Committee last spring was that its Fares Fair policy meant motor traffic being reduced by only one per cent.