Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- Characteristics and analysis of road transport -- II. HISTORICAL SURVEY -- 1. The development of mechanical road transport -- 2. The evolution of the highway -- 3. The evolution of legislation -- 4. The history of the tramway -- III. RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF ROAD TRANSPORT -- Freight exchanges -- IV. ROAD TRANSPORT OF GOODS AND MERCHANDISE -- 1. The sphere of road transport -- 2. The advantages and limitations of road transport -- 3. Road an dcanal competition -- 4. The transport of perishable produce by road -- V. TYPES OF VEHICLE-THEIR SPECIAL ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS AND ADVANTAGES FOR THE TRANSPORT OF GOODS AND MERCHAN- DISE -- The petrol motor -- The electric battery vehicle -- The " steamer"--The " petrol-electric" -- Horse haulage -- Multi-wheel vehicles, creeper track vehicles and trailers -- The six-wheeler -- Multi-unit road trains -- Creeper track or track-laying transport -- The trailer -- VI. THE ORGANIZATION OF ROAD TBANSPOBT OF MEBCHANDISE -- Haulage contracting -- The "common carrier " -- The private fleet -- Municipal fleets -- The management of a private fleet -- Terminal delays and their elimination -- VII. THE MOTOB CAB, THE MOTOB CYCLE AND THE TAXI-CAB -- The motor car and motor cycle -- The taxi-cab -- Types of motor cars -- The motor organizations -- VIII. THE MOTOB COACH -- Large and small coaches -- IX. RUBAL TBANSPOBT -- Rural motor bus services -- The carriage of mails in the rural districts of Scotland -- Railways and rural road services -- The farmer and road transport -- The haulage contractor and the farmer -- The encouragement of pioneer services in rural districts -- Subsidized motor services in France -- Agriculture and road transport -- X. CITY TBANSPORT -- The problem of traffic congestion in cities -- London traffic figures