Ulaştırma Kraliyet Komisyonu'nun (Royal Commission on Transport) Birleşik Krallık'ın trafik ve karayolu ağına ilişkin raporu.

- 8 - "Routes Nationales" (lviii) It has been suggested that certain of the great trunk roads should, because of their special characteristics as national arteries, become national roads in the sense that they should be maintained and controlled by a central autho- ritY such as, for example, the Ministry of Transport. We are opposed to this suggestion. (Paragraphs 280-282.) Tramways and Trackless Trolleys. ============================= General. (lxx) Our considered view is that tramways, if not an obsolete form of transport, are at all events in a state of obsolescence, and cause much unnecessary congestion and conside- rable unnecessary danger to the public. We recommend, therefore a) that no additional tramways should be constructed, and b) that, though no definite time limit can be laid down, they should gradually disappear and give place to other forms of transport. (Paragraph 372.) (lxxi) We have been informed that at the present time tram are necessary in certain large towns if the traffic is to be carried with any degree of expedition. We are not prepared to dispute this, but we maintain that there are, on the other hand many other towns where trams are definitely not necessary. A start should be made in these latter places towards the ultimate abolition of tramways and the substitution therefor of trackless ./.