A SURVEY OF SOUTHBOUND MOTORWAY TRAVEL ON THE M1 AND M6 IN 1974

A technique of recording vehicle registration numbers on film has been used to study southbound car flows between Preston and Luton on the M1 and M6 motorways. Filming was performed at 4 sites: Luton, Coventry, Cannock and Preston. Anlayses of lists of registration numbers recorded showed that between 14 and 32 percent of the car flow at each site passed through one of the other sites during the hours of filming. /Author/

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • PAULLEY, N J
  • TAYLOR, N
  • WALMSLEY, D A
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 22 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway transportation; Motion pictures; Recording; Registrations; Traffic flow; Vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Recording systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172338
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: TRRL Lab Rpt. 786
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM