QUEEN STREET TRAFFIC.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18965, 12 March 1925, Page 7

QUEEN STREET TRAFFIC.

Sir, —1 think most of your readers, whether friend or foe of the private bus owners, will agree that in their last attempt, to deal with the bus competition the council has hit below the belt. To prohibit the buses running in Queen Street between Customs and Wellesley Streets effectively prevents the buses picking up their passengers, and is grossly unfair, not only to the owners, but also to tiiti passengers themselves, and one;is almost compelled to conclude 'that it js done to force the public to use, the- tramsor walk. That "s'ueen Street is getting overcrowded no oue will deny, but .why j not prohibit, as already suggested,, the ' parking : of motor-cars tn Queen S'Ueet? ! Almost half the width. of the road bo- ! tween the footpath and the tram rails is ■ lakfcii up by parked cars, and as it 'is the J stationary ve;iicle more than the . moving vehicle which tends jo cause congestion in a street, ii parking were prohibited it would leave room enough n>r fw«» rows of traffic besides the trains or "acb side of the street .As fat as' paticiftage gcies, there are plenty of passengers for the .trams and buses, and the buses should be treated fairly—they are certainly taxed heavily enough, f trust the council will sider their decision and allow the buses to cater for the public. Bio Ben. March 7, 1925.