OPTIMUM ALLOCATION OF NATIONAL RESOURCES. THE CASE FOR THE CROSS-LONDON RAIL TUNNEL

This paper discusses the resource allocation issues which provide the context for major investment funding proposals by British rail, and examines the economic assumptions made in the "Cross London Rail Link" report. To maintain comparability in forecasting procedures between road and rail schemes, the signals forecasting system was developed. Signals had the following elements: (1) growth in overall traffic levels; (2) service sensitive traffic generation model; and (3) modal choice model. Results are presented and the response of the government to the Cross-London Rail Link feasibility study is discussed. (TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of Seminar K on Public Transport, held at the PTRC Summer Annual Meeting, University of Warwick, England.
• Corporate Authors:

  Planning and Transport Res and Computation Co Ltd

  110 Strand
  London WC2,   England 
• Authors:
  • Foster, R G
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 215-223
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Planning and Transport Res and Computation Co Ltd
  • Publisher: Planning and Transport Res and Computation Co Ltd
  • ISSN: 0266450-X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Central business districts; Economic growth; Federal government; Forecasting; Highway transportation; Highways; Investments; Modal split; Physical distribution; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Traffic flow; Transportation planning; Trip generation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fund allocations; Growth rate
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom; United States
• Old TRIS Terms: National transportation study
• ITRD Terms: 9016: Distribution (gen); 132: Forecast; 663: Generated traffic; 183: Government (national); 265: Growth rate; 2755: Highway; 227: Investment; 675: Modal split; 744: Public transport; 1173: Rail bound transport; 311: Town centre; 671: Traffic flow; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00367781
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0 86050 092 6
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1982 12:00AM