TRAFFIC TALLY
BRITISH CENSUS EVERYTHING TO BE COUNTED INCLUDED I [British Official Wireless.l (Received 11 a.m.) RUGBY. August 11. Beginning early on Monday morning, the Ministry of Transport has arranged for the most elaborate traffic census ever undertaken in Britain. It will cover every first-class road, and at between 4000 and 5000 selected points everything—passing lorries, omnibuses, private cars, cyclists and pedestrians—each day next week will be counted by 10,000 enumerators, working in relays. The Ministry holds a traffic census every three years, but, for reasons of economy, the one due last year was not held. The purpose of the census is to find out how, and where, traffic has increased since 1931. An average weight is assigned to each class vehicle, so that it is possible to estimate, not only the volume and density of the traffic but also the weight per traffic yard. When the figures have been analysed, the Ministry will be in a position to determine how far road building programmes are keeping pace with the increasing traffic.
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Northern Advocate, 12 August 1935, Page 5
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