Abstract: The author criticises transport policies which lead to ever-increasing subsidies and lower investment in productive assets. In his opinion governments appear to accept increasing congestion. Road construction is inhibited by financial stringency and public resistance to change in land use; although for most purposes road transport is now cheaper than rail, uses less land and also less fuel. Meanwhile the only comprehensive network of high-grade segregated routes in the UK is used to only a very small fraction of its potential capacity by the railways. Conversion of these routes to roads could relieve UK multi-purpose main roads of all but local traffic, transforming the lives of those now compelled to live and work along them. There would be a reduction in accidents, in particular those involving the most vulnerable categories of road user, pedestrians and cyclists, who would be separated from main traffic flows. (TRRL)
Publication Year: 1979
Publication Date: 1979-10-01
Language: en
Type: article
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