KEEP SETTLEMENT OUT OF THE TRANSPORT TRAP

The author states that if car ownership continues to increase and population densities to fall, the dispersed development pattern which results will require a great deal of energy to service it. If energy supply problems occurred in Britain in the 1990s, the changes in land use could not be reversed quickly and individual hardship would be suffered by people living in areas of low population density. It is suggested that the need to move out of areas of high population density should be minimised, an essential part of such an approach being the support of alternatives /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Building and Contract Journals Limited

  Surrey House, 1 Throwley Way
  Sutton, Surrey SM1 4QQ,   England 
• Authors:
  • HAMER, M
• Publication Date: 1976-11-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 16
• Serial:
  • Surveyor - Public Authority Technology
  • Volume: 148
  • Issue Number: 4405
  • Publisher: IPC Building and Contract Journals Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile ownership; Automobiles; Central business districts; Density; Energy resources; Forecasting; Land use; Motor vehicles; Ownership; Planning; Population; Public transit; Suburbs; Walking
• Uncontrolled Terms: Energy crisis
• ITRD Terms: 1243: Car; 132: Forecast; 356: Land use; 143: Planning; 335: Population; 744: Public transport; 304: Suburbs; 311: Town centre; 315: Vehicle ownership; 758: Walking
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Energy; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149018
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 17 1981 12:00AM