TRANSPORT CONTROL
LONDON'S NEW SYSTEM The principles of the London Passenger Transport Act and the possibility of their application to the transport problem in New Zealand was the subject of an address given by Mr. H. Valentine, president of the New Zealand Society of Accountants, at Auckland University College last night. "The general scheme of the Act, which was introduced by the Labour Government of 1929-31," said the speaker, "is straight out nationalisation of the whole of the public passenger transport facilities of the Greater London area, except the suburban lines of the main line railways, with which there is, however, a pooling arrangement, under the control of a public corporation which is entirely independent of political control." The main principle affirmed by the London Passenger Transport Act was the principle that in the public interest the whole stream of public transport should be under one direction and control. "In my opinion," he said, "until we adopt this principle in New Zealand we shall not reduce the cost of public transport to a minimum, nor shall we be able to distribute transport costs so as to encourage the maximum flow of traffic."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21857, 20 July 1934, Page 13
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192TRANSPORT CONTROL New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21857, 20 July 1934, Page 13
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