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Description: | This picture was taken in 1969 and gives an idea of the traffic problems in central London at that time. The road, Wilton Road in Victoria, is jammed with vehicles.
After the damage caused during the Second World War, London Transport services didn't reach their pre-war levels until the early 1950s. This reduced public transport influenced many Londoners in their decisions to buy cars.
During the 1950s and 60s, a time of economic boom and full employment, the number of privately owned cars increased dramatically. By the late 1960s, the number of vehicles on London's roads was becoming a problem. From 1965, the Greater London Council took responsibility for transport, and tried to discourage the use of private cars. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport Cityscape | Temporal: | 2 Aug 1969 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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