TRANSPORT AFTER THE LAW LORDS

Current transport policies are examined and the author proposes a programme of action for the proper balance of public and private travel. Car ownership has greatly increased over the past ten years, largely because of the poor service offered by public transport. Several reasons are given for the poor performance of public transport; London transport is given as a specific example of low productivity and poor management, additionally handicapped by badly congested streets. Management difficulties are caused by conflicts of local and central government. A single management body is needed containing representatives from central and local government, police, passenger transport authority and British rail. Car traffic in big cities is ineffectually restrained. Orbital motorway construction is seen to be important in that it accentuates the outward movement of jobs from large conurbations. However, the present method of assessing road schemes is still too slow despite the adoption of the recommendations of the Leitch Committee. Investment should be concentrated on improving the present system in cities, whereas a nationalised programme should be adopted to provide new roads outside cities for the largely car-based travel resulting from new growth. (TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Hall, P
• Publication Date: 1982-1-28

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 135-136
• Serial:
  • New Society
  • Volume: 59
  • Issue Number: 1002
  • Publisher: IPC Magazine Limited
  • ISSN: 0028-6729

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Coordination; Federal government; Freeways; Highway planning; Highways; Improvements; Level of service; Local government; Local government agencies; Motor vehicles; Ownership; Planning; Policy; Private transportation; Public transit; Traffic congestion; Traffic control; Traffic restraint; Transportation; Transportation operations; Transportation policy; Urban areas; Utilization
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Transportation administration
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 632: Congestion (traffic); 183: Government (national); 2755: Highway; 9108: Improvement; 653: Level of service; 192: Local authority; 2752: Motorway; 143: Planning; 173: Policy; 744: Public transport; 633: Traffic restraint; 1155: Transport; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area; 315: Vehicle ownership
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00361680
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 1982 12:00AM