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    Private transport options in Britain in the late 1950s-early 1960s included scooters, motorcycles, micro/light cars, and motor cars. Scooters were popular due to their low cost compared to cars, while motorcycles appealed most to younger people. Micro/light cars lost popularity over time, while the Morris Minor became the best-selling British car. By 1960, Britain produced over 1 million more cars annually than a decade prior. However, public transport and bicycles remained the most common means of commuting as infrastructure developed gradually to accommodate growing car ownership and use.

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    Private transport options in Britain in the late 1950s-early 1960s included scooters, motorcycles, micro/light cars, and motor cars. Scooters were popular due to their low cost compared to cars, while motorcycles appealed most to younger people. Micro/light cars lost popularity over time, while the Morris Minor became the best-selling British car. By 1960, Britain produced over 1 million more cars annually than a decade prior. However, public transport and bicycles remained the most common means of commuting as infrastructure developed gradually to accommodate growing car ownership and use.

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    Private transport options in Britain in the late 1950s-early 1960s included scooters, motorcycles, micro/light cars, and motor cars. Scooters were popular due to their low cost compared to cars, while motorcycles appealed most to younger people. Micro/light cars lost popularity over time, while the Morris Minor became the best-selling British car. By 1960, Britain produced over 1 million more cars annually than a decade prior. However, public transport and bicycles remained the most common means of commuting as infrastructure developed gradually to accommodate growing car ownership and use.

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    Private transport.

    The scooter
    • During the late 1950’s-early 1960’s Britain had• Quite popular in Britain, cheaper than a car.
    quite a few options for private transport:
    • The more comfortable ones were imported
    • The scooter
    from Italy, then later from Japan.
    • The motor-cycle
    • British makes were very old-fashioned and
    • The micro/light car
    rugged.
    • The motor car
    • By far the most popular - the bicycle

    The motor-cycle The micro/light car

    • More popular with the younger people, those • The smaller version of the conventional motor
    who could afford it. car, lost popularity as time went on
    • There were motor-cycling clubs in rural areas. • The best ones again coming from Italy, but
    also Germany, Britain still produced a fair
    • Not really for getting to work on!
    amount.
    • Main manufacturer was ‘Royal Enfield’
    • Cheaper than a normal car, became more
    • In 1960 there were 1,894,000 motorbikes in available through mass production.
    Britain.

    The motor car • Even though there were so many cars around,
    the commute to and from work was still
    • This was the proper four seater car. dominated by public transport, and the
    bicycle.
    • By no means new, but mass production made • The peak of bike sales was in 1952, this began
    them a lot cheaper over time. to drop as car sales began to rise.
    • The most popular was the Morris Minor, the • In 1960 however, the bike was still ahead, but
    first British car to sell over 1 million units in because of cars and government changes,
    1961. roads and urban restructuring meant that the
    car was becoming dominant.
    • By 1960, Britain was producing 1,352,000 cars,
    • A bike was still the private way to get to work
    compared to 523,000 ten years before. or to the shops, but with the rapid
    development of the car, cycling slowly became
    more of a leisure activity
    The effects of all of this
    • Private motor ownership meant that families
    could easily go to places further away without
    the hassle of public transport.
    • As cars were mass produced, they were quite
    cheap.
    • But because of new roads being built after the
    war – and the development of motorways,
    traffic accidents, jams and new motoring laws
    started to rise...

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