Even in an age accustomed to the rapid commercial exploitation of new inventions, the great and extensive development of mechanical road transport stands out conspicuously. This book, first published in 1925, traces this development and analyses the economics of road transport.
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INDEX
Acworth, 53n., 178n.
on communication costs, 216ā17, 219
Adams : on agriculture, 113n.
Administration, Road, 206 et seq.
Agrail, 48, 100
Agreements among road transport concerns, 40. See Chap. XV
Agricultural Tribunal, 113n.
Agriculture and Road Transport. See Chap. IX
Agrimotor, 110
Air-brake, 69, 136, 137
Air transport, 12, 13
Allocation of costs, 175
Alternative routes, 124
Amenity of roads, 154
American rural motor expresses, 109
Ammonia gas as motive power, 31
Arterial roads, Construction of, 211, 212
Ashfield: on common fund, 187
on L.G.O.C., 189
on London traffic, 123
Ashley : on agriculture, 113n.
Asphaltic slag, 222
Association among road transport concerns, 40, 97. See Chap. XV
Auto Cycle Union, 93
Automobile Association, 42, 92ā3, 228
Avebury, 140n.
āAvoidingā roads, 124
Baker, 170n.
Beaulieu, Montagu of, 221
on horse traffic, 125ā6
Benz, 20
Benzol, 230
Bevin, 190
Bicycle, 21, 24, 220
Motor. See Chap. VII
Bitumen, 222
Board, Road, 210
Road Transport, 41ā42, 159
BollƩe, 20
Bonus systems, 79ā80
Booking agencies, 97
Bounties, 112n., 230
Boydell, 71
Brakes, 91. See Air-brake
Bridges, 25, 212
MediƦval, 10n.
Browne, Balfour, 199
Burstall, 17
Buses. See Chap. XI ; see London General...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Original Title Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- I. INTRODUCTION
- II. HISTORICAL SURVEY
- III. RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF ROAD TRANSPORT
- IV. ROAD TRANSPORT OF GOODS AND MERCHANDISE
- V. TYPES OF VEHICLEāTHEIR SPECIAL ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS AND ADVANTAGES FOR THE TRANSPORT OF GOODS AND MERCHANDISE
- VI. THE ORGANIZATION OF ROAD TRANSPORT OF MERCHANDISE
- VII. THE MOTOR CAR, THE MOTOR CYCLE AND THE TAXI-CAB
- VIII. THE MOTOR COACH
- IX. RURAL TRANSPORT
- X. CITY TRANSPORT
- XI. THE MOTOR BUS
- XII. THE TRAMWAY
- XIII. THE RAILLESS TROLLEY OMNIBUS
- XIV. ROAD TRANSPORT RATES AND FARES
- XV. COMPETITION AND MONOPOLY IN ROAD TRANSPORT
- XVI. THE RAILWAYS AND ROAD POWERS
- XVII. THE ROAD
- XVIII. TAXATION OF ROAD VEHICLES
- APPENDIX AāMOTOR TRANSPORT COSTS AND RECORDS
- APPENDIX BāSELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
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