LONDON'S TRAFFIC.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10638, 14 April 1906, Page 2 (Supplement)

LONDON' S TRAFFIC.

Among the astonishing facts obtainable from a recent official publication, are the folloAving : — One-fourth of 'the population of England, nnd Wales lives Avithin 20 miles radius of Charing Cross. - From tlie Strand one can net to 23 points in London ; from Whitehall to 22, and from Piccadilly to 18.

A passenger in Oxford street lias a choice of 29 different omnibus routes

tlirough that 6treet to different part6 o^ London.

The total number of passenger^ on London's tramways, railways, and omnibuses in one year is equal to three-quarters of the .population of London. The route riiileage of railways within the area now constituting the administrative county of London Avas only 29f in 1845; in 1860 it was 69£; in 1880 it had increased to 215A; and in 1900 to 248£.

At the busy time of the day 642 omnibuses pass by the Bank in an hour, a procession 2_ miles long; 400 through Oxford street and Piccadilly, a procession of If miles in length. Motor-omnibuses hold 34 persons, as against a horse omnibus load of 26, so that if horse omnibuses in London were replaced by motor-omnibuses the streets would be relived of one-fourth of their existing omnibus traffic.