Title: CONGESTION. ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ANSWERS
Abstract: This paper outlines an approach to solving urban traffic congestion problems with the following successive stages: (1) understanding the problems; (2) defining the solutions; (3) considering how to bring public and private sector interests together into a genuinely useful partnership. 'Mainstream thinking' about how cities and urban transport should develop can be formulated as 'the New Realism', a package of policies aimed at cities where transport is civilised and efficient but does not dominate or damage other areas of life. Components of the package include: (1) a realisation that there is relatively little scope for large-scale expansion of urban road networks; (2) making maximum use of transport methods that use resources most efficiently; (3) applying the basic principles of traffic calming; (4) using traffic management methods to give priority to certain classes of traffic; (5) considering the mutual effects of different transport and land use policies; (6) pursuing objectives by using the best combination of incentives, regulation, the market, education, and politics. The authors believe that European urban transport policies are developing in these directions. The potential contribution of partnerships to: (1) road provision; (2) public transport; (3) walking and cycling; (4) traffic calming and pedestrianisation; (5) traffic management; (6) interaction of policies;and (7) road pricing are considered.
Publication Year: 1992
Publication Date: 1992-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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