ONE-WAY TRAFFIC.

Press, Volume XLIV, Issue 19400, 28 August 1928, Page 8

ONE-WAY TRAFFIC.

——♦» ■■ ■' SOLVING MANCHESTER'S PROBLEMS. [THE PBBSB Special Service.] ' AUCKLAND, August 27. . By adopting the principle of one-way traffic in the busy areas, the municipal authorities of Manchester belief t&at they will many attendant traffic problems. Mr F J- West, a former lord Mayor of Manchester and an alderman of the city, who nnvf frorT Sydney by the Niagara, sail the one-way scheme was now underconsidand he anticipated .« would be out into operation shortly. toV Wi M^ h /S has similar problems to the land cities. .The transportc°*P"«* chiefly municipal-owned trams ana Lses and a fl^HP"*^ buses were utilised chiefly for feeder services. The private buses were restricted inasmuch as they could not pick un and set down passengers indiscriminately, but had fixed stopping places. Although the buses were used as feeder services there was a six-mde bus route stfetchuig from one side. ot the city to Another, vehicles could not set dqwn passengers m the Cltv flTGft "We have no trouble in the management of our transport systems, Mr West stated, "I do not .au we> have controlled private bus competition, but at least we have limited it. They are not permitted to go haphazard all over th !frWest, who will spend a few weeks in the Dominion, is 61 ?!* ed in civio affairs-and problems and will interest himself in the Dominions activities in -this <^*™; ;v J™!° asked for his opinion of the.civiccontrol of Sydney, he Leonid say a lot, but Ido riot wish to. llhave m? own opinions and if I I do not think I would Be acting wisely." ■ ■. ■' • ■: ,■ - - ;.