THE MOTORWAY ACHIEVEMENT - VOLUME 1: THE BRITISH MOTORWAY SYSTEM - VISUALISATION, POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION

The policy aspects of the United Kingdom's motorway programme are described in sections on: Visualising the system- insights into the history of Britain's motorway system; the economic justification for, and delivery of, affordable motorways; the orientation of motorways; resolving issues in the design and construction of motorways; the formation of technical policy; safety provision; administration; and direction of policy towards the future. The technical appendices provide sets of tabular and graphic data on the British motorway system, a short glossary of technical terms, and a list of relevant archival repositories of material collected by the Motorway Archive Trust.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Thomas Telford Limited

  London,   United Kingdom 
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 960 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Freeways; History; Planning; Policy; Textbooks
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 9096: History; 2752: Motorway; 143: Planning; 173: Policy; 8526: Textbook; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; History; Planning and Forecasting; Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00978061
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-7277-3196-3
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Sep 3 2004 12:00AM