ALTERNATIVES TO TRAFFIC GROWTH: THE ROLE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND THE FUTURE FOR FREIGHT
The report reviews the objectives of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, published in October 1994, to establish: whether they were mutually consistent; whether they would deliver the required containment of environmental impacts; whether they were strictly necessary, and what kind of changes in public transport and freight would be needed. An integral part of the study described was a series of three seminars where prominent experts in the field expressed their views. Three specific targets of the Commission's Report were considered: the modal shift from road to rail and water; increasing public transport's share of passenger-kms nationally; and a shift in urban trips from car to other modes. The range of policy options available to Government are examined, particularly those designed to restrict car traffic growth. A number of case studies are presented to highlight experience in Britain and elsewhere of measures to change modal split.
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Corporate Authors:
Transport 2000 Limited
Walkden House, 10 Melton Street
London, England - Publication Date: 1995
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: 101 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Environmental protection; Federal government; Freight transportation; Modal split; Policy; Public transit; Railroad transportation
- Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
- ITRD Terms: 2444: Environment protection; 741: Goods traffic; 183: Government (national); 675: Modal split; 173: Policy; 744: Public transport; 1173: Rail bound transport; 8119: United Kingdom
- Subject Areas: Environment; Freight Transportation; Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00722383
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- ISBN: 0-907347-36-3
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Jun 28 1996 12:00AM