GROWTH OF MOTOR TRAFFIC.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 232, 1 October 1925, Page 9

GROWTH OF MOTOR TRAFFIC.

INCREASED EOAD EXPEXDITUfiZ. j the Strand Theatre by Mr. B. W. Park- j hurst. C-E_ on the use of bitumen in I roadway construction, he referred to the I burden of swift motor traffic which has I sprung up. In 1821 tbe number of motor vehicles registered in the United States was slightly over one million, and to-day the estimate "was over IT millions. In . New Zealand the number of registered motor vehicles, exclusive of motor ! cycles, was 52.371 in June of this year. ! or approximately one in every 15 of the i population. jr. Great Britain ihe \ motorised read traSe increased from 30 ! per cent to 95 per -cent in the last ten years. i Mr. Parkhurs: pointed out that this | unprecedented increase in the number of vehicles had thrown a strain on the j roac systems oi every country in the : __>_ necessitated the expenditure of huge sums. In the United State in j 1522 there were about 393.000 miles of hard-surfaced roads and streets. That I was increased to 470.000 miles in two 1 years. In Great Britain it was esti- ! mated the road expenditure last year j was about _7 mUßous- i