ROADSIDE FACILITIES FOR TRUNK ROADS

Since towns and villages developed at points where good lines of communications crossed, it follows that the early traveller journeyed from one village to the next and looked to the village to provide all his needs. This has largely remained the case until, with the growth of traffic, towns and villages are being bypassed to such an extent that it is becoming very desirable to consider the facilities that are readily available on the new alignments of long distance roads. The paper examines the services that are currently provided on the improved route of the A303 trunk road for the 150 kilometre length from Amesbury to Exeter and compares these to what was available on the old route. It queries whether the facilities, which range from restaurants, cafes and layby tea cabins; garages and petrol stations; telephones and public conveniences and picnic areas, are satisfactory. It considers the balance to be struck between private and public provision and suggests that a greater number of picnic areas, with toilets, telephones and parking for cars, caravans and lorries, should be provided by the highway authority. The paper gives some of the factors to be considered for such sites. (Author/TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented at Seminar J, Highway Appraisal and Design, during the PTRC 11th Summer Annual Meeting, Sussex University, England, July 4-7, 1983.
• Corporate Authors:

  PTRC Education and Research Services Limited

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  PTRC Education and Research Services Limited

  110 Strand
  London WC2,   England 
• Authors:
  • CLARK, M N
• Conference:
  • Planning & Transport Res & Comp, Sum Ann Mtg, Proc
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 93-104

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Conferences; Governments; Motels; Parking; Private enterprise; Recreation; Roadside rest areas; Service stations; Sewerage structures; Telephone
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 2748: Main road; 396: Motel; 955: Parking; 9142: Recreation; 961: Sanitary facilities; 971: Service area; 983: Service station; 390: Telephone; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00385420
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: Volume P239
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 30 1984 12:00AM