DO MODERN TOWNS HAVE A MORE RELAXED ATTITUDE TO CAR USE THAN TRADITIONAL ONES?

This article discusses the transport policies of three English urban local authorities, with special reference to their attempts to discourage car traffic. Oxford City Council introduced park-and-ride (PAR) about 30 years ago, and has now set up four PAR sites around the city and approved a fifth. It has introduced traffic management and bus priority measures, constraints on city centre parking, and cycling facilities to remove traffic progressively from the city centre. In Summer 1999, High Street was closed to all traffic except buses, taxis, and delivery vehicles, and the Cornmarket shopping centre was made a pedestrian precinct. The measures have aroused some controversy, but their benefits are being felt. During the last 20 years, the Cambridge area has grown exceptionally fast, with about 75% of journeys by car and 10% by bus. Ten years ago, Cambridge City Council began to develop PAR sites around the city. The city's historic centre is a pedestrian area, separated by rising bollards, from 10am to 4pm. In the surrounding core area, the aim is to remove through traffic but retain essential local traffic. Milton Keynes, a city designed for the car, has its Sustainable Integrated Transport Strategy (SITS), aiming to develop efficient, comprehensive bus services and PAR but introduce parking restrictions.

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• Corporate Authors:

  BRITISH PARKING ASSOCIATION

  7 HILLSIDE
  PORTBURY, BRISTOL,   United Kingdom  BS20 9UD
• Authors:
  • Squires, J
• Publication Date: 2000-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 16-8,20-1
• Serial:
  • PARKING NEWS
  • Issue Number: 183
  • Publisher: BRITISH PARKING ASSOCIATION
  • ISSN: 1470-8361

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Bus priority; Buses; Local government agencies; Modal split; Park and ride; Pedestrian areas; Policy; Public transit; Traffic; Traffic control; Traffic signal preemption; Transportation; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases; Modifications
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 1243: Car; 9009: Decrease; 192: Local authority; 675: Modal split; 9048: Modification; 958: Park and ride; 341: Pedestrian precinct; 173: Policy; 648: Priority (traffic); 744: Public transport; 755: Traffic; 654: Traffic control; 1155: Transport; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00795068
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 7 2000 12:00AM