Truck Ban Would Only Increase Costs
With one in four manufacturers planning to leave California (“The Slumping Southland,” Sept. 29), the last thing we need is more costs and restrictions imposed on those that remain--especially for no real social gain.
Yet that’s exactly what would happen under Mayor Bradley’s proposed peak-hour ban of large trucks on city streets.
Higher operating costs mean fewer businesses in Los Angeles, which means fewer jobs.
Ironically, many of the ban’s costs would come from trucking companies replacing large trucks with many more, less efficient small trucks--which also would increase, not decrease, congestion and air pollution.
D. R. CARNAHAN
Covina
The writer is president of Associated Traffic Services Inc., shipping consultants to manufacturers and retailers.
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