CITIES BEFORE ROADS. EVIDENCE TO THE REVIEW OF URBAN ROAD APPRAISAL METHODS. FOR PRESENTATION TO THE STANDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TRUNK ROAD ASSESSMENT (SACTRA)

Present forecasting techniques are intended to project a consistent set of assumptions about future national economic growth and car ownership and usage, in order to privide a basis for estimating likely traffic levels and conditions on existing roads and on revised road networks assuming new road schemes were adopted. This report comments critically on the three main manuals (TAM, COBA and MEA) ussed for this purpose. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Transport 2000 Limited

  258 Pentonville Road
  London,   England 
• Authors:
  • Roberts, J
• Publication Date: 1985-5

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• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Automobile travel; Cities; Economic development; Economic growth; Economics; Evaluation and assessment; Forecasting; Highways; Manuals; Motor vehicles; Networks; Ownership; Policy; Roads; Traffic; Traffic volume
• Uncontrolled Terms: Growth rate; Road networks
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 255: Economics; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 132: Forecast; 265: Growth rate; 2755: Highway; 173: Policy; 1053: Road network; 755: Traffic; 315: Vehicle ownership
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00451020
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0 907347 10 X
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 9:52PM