PLANNING OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE. SINO-BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND URBAN TRAFFIC CONFERENCE. PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE HELD IN BEIJING 17TH-22ND NOVEMBER 1986

This paper describes the different aspects of the planning of the road transport infrastructure in Great Britain. Three levels of government are responsible for the 347000 km of roads; (1) national government, represented by the Department of Transport, is responsible for 15000 km of trunk roads; (2) the county councils are responsible for 35000 km of principal roads; (3) local district councils and borough councils are responsible for the other roads. The stages of the planning processes for trunk road schemes and local authority road schemes are outlined. The objectives and the basic principles of the assessment process are discussed. In order to assess how well a new road scheme will satisfy both national and local transport objectives, a wide variety of traffic data needs to be collected, and a forecast needs to be made of the traffic likely to use the scheme. This depends on an understanding of people's behaviour, which needs to be investigated by surveys, including: (1) home interview surveys; (2) roadside interview surveys; (3) commercial vehicle surveys; (4) public transport surveys. Results of traffic surveys for trends in car ownership are summarised; car ownership is the most important single factor affecting travel by people. The connections between transport infrastructure and land use are indicated. (TRRL)

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  INSTITUTION OF HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION

  6 ENDSLEIGH STREET
  LONDON,   United Kingdom  WC1H 0DZ
• Authors:
  • WOOTTON, J
• Publication Date: 1986

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 11-20
• Serial:
  • Publication of: INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
  • Publisher: Institution of Electrical Engineers
  • ISSN: 0537-9989

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Forecasting; Governments; Land use; Local government agencies; Networks; Planning; Road construction; Roads; Traffic; Traffic surveys
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 132: Forecast; 183: Government (national); 356: Land use; 192: Local authority; 143: Planning; 3665: Road construction; 1053: Road network; 755: Traffic; 676: Traffic survey; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00493096
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1990 12:00AM