SWINDON'S TRANSPORT PLANNING KIT

The article discusses one of the techniques used in the Swidon transportation study. The kit was used to focus on local problems and examine a variety of possible schemes. The kit, aimed at local organisations who had shown interest, was used in conjunction with an exhibitin, a circular and wide publicity. It proved to be an effective way of gathering local comments and explaining the planning process used in the study. It consisted of a looseleaf folder, including maps and artwork used in the exhibition. Members of the public were invited to submit their own transport plan. More than 30 per cent of the 60 kits handed out were completed with realistic plans not differing greatly from those of the study team. The author believed that the most valuable aspect of the kit was that it explained the problems and increased people's involvement in the study. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Royal Town Planning Institute

  26 Portland Place
  London W1N 4BE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Brown, A
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 179-180
• Serial:
  • Planner
  • Volume: 62
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Royal Town Planning Institute
  • ISSN: 0309-1384

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Mathematical models; Planning; Population; Printed publicity; Public participation; Public policy; Publicity; Transportation; Transportation planning; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models; Public interest
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 2267: Attitude (psychol); 6205: Model (not math); 1054: Network (traffic); 143: Planning; 335: Population; 8573: Publicity; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145389
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: SERIAL
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM