FUTURE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Sir,—Our transport services are, everyone knows, at the crossroads. We hear vaguely that mot;e oil buses are on order for post-war use. Whether or not that is the case, would it not be opportune for the common tram user—the payer—to take a real interest in his city and have published for his contemplation the fullest information available from the three northern cities? Auckland, I am informed, has resolved on trams for main thoroughfares and trolley buses for auxiliaries. Trolley buses possess the advantages of (1) quick get-away; (2) being powerful hill climbers; (3) silence; (4) being electric, they can carry air braking; (5) double back axles, which give security on steep surfaces, particularly frozen; (6) low upkeep. Dunedin has the electricity to be used. I will leave the matter here for other# to pick up if we want to see Dunedin progress.—l am, etc., Dunedin, July 12. Wake Up.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25276, 13 July 1943, Page 6
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