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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 183, 4 August 1937, Page 6

Traffic Problems

Traffic problems both in New York and London were brought prominently under the notice of Mr. Harvey Turner, a past president of the Auckland frhamber o f Commerce and member of the Hnrbour Board, on the world tour he completed yesterday, when he returned by the Awat'ea. "It takes about an hour in "London to cover a comparatively short distance in the city by taxi or bus on account of the congestion," paid Mr. Turner. Xew York vns facing the problem seriously, and he wen of opinion that London would follow suit. In the American city a raised road was being constructed along the Hudson for general traffic, nnd along this thoroughfare there was no speed limit. Half the work had been completed, and the road was in use. In other wava New York lagtred behind London, which relied to a. Inrge extent on double-deck buses and taxi cabs. London had practically abolished trame. but New York still held on to them. Overhead trains, which had boon such a feature in New York through the years, were now considered • obsolete. nn<\ were being scrapped for bus transport, which, with underground railways, would be the principal means" of transport in the future. Mr. Turner commented on the fact that New York had instituted a system of trnfftV control by mounted police. Thei=e were employed at congested traffic points. They were iible to act much more promptly than officers on motor cycles, and had the advantage also of being able to see over the heads of the crowd. They were a mobile force, and appeared to be a useful auxiliary to the New York traffic department.