Motor Road Transport For Commercial Purposes
(Liquid Fuel, Steam, Electricity)
Forfatter: John Phillimore
År: 1920
Forlag: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd.
Sted: London
Sider: 212
UDK: 629.113
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10
MOTOR ROAD TRANSPORT
is 14f times that of 1912, and rather over 13| times
the weight.
The assumed average weights contained in the
Road Board’s Summary of Statistics of Traffic were
adopted in compiling these tables. It is interesting
to note from these data the large increase in the number
of rubber tyred, and the decrease of the Steel tyred,
commercial vehicles, the proportions of Steel to rubber
in 1912 being in the ratio of 1 to 2-9, and in 1919 of
1 to 182-7.
Rapid Rise in Motor Spirit Gonsumption.
Another method of illustrating the growth of motor
transport, which is perhaps one of the best criterions