HIGHER RAIL FARES WILL HIT LONDON JOBS - PLANNERS

The authors develop the arguments put forward by the Standing Conference on London and South East Regional Planning against the green paper suggestion of eliminating rail subsidies in the south east on all but London inner suburban services. It is disputed that the majority of commuters can afford to pay more and suggested that they often commute long distances from areas where they have been able to obtain cheap housing. A detailed discussion is given of the importance of commuter railways to the economic activity of London and the effects that any price rises would have particularly in encouraging the trend of decentralization. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Building and Contract Journals Limited

  Surrey House, 1 Throwley Way
  Sutton, Surrey SM1 4QQ,   England 
• Authors:
  • Smith, J
  • Copsey, D
• Publication Date: 1976-7-30

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 19-21
• Serial:
  • Surveyor - Public Authority Technology
  • Volume: 148
  • Issue Number: 4390
  • Publisher: IPC Building and Contract Journals Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commuter service; Costs; Financing; Planning; Railroads; Regional planning; Socioeconomic factors; Subsidies; Suburbs; Tariffs; Transportation planning; Urban transportation; Work trips
• Geographic Terms: London (England); United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Railway
• ITRD Terms: 224: Cost; 244: Financing; 621: Journey to work; 143: Planning; 304: Suburbs; 241: Tariff; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Finance; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149010
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 17 1981 12:00AM