Great line on #InducedDemand from @trafficintowns.bsky.social
“…any new road cut through a densely developed area will, as a drain cut across a sodden field fills with water, attract enough vehicles to justify its existence in terms of flow.”
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“The answer to this question is that if the by-passes could be built now they would certainly bring a measure of relief. But it would only be a temporary relief”
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“The potential build-up of traffic, as vehicle ownership increases, is far beyond anything that could be accommodated by any adaptations of the existing road system”
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“We found roads where the volume of traffic was clearly incompatible with pedestrian safety”
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“We found a good deal of congestion, lack of parking and garaging facilities, inadequate loading facilities, restrictive traffic regulations”
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“The peak hour is that period of one hour during the 24-hour day in which more traffic is carried than in any other hour”
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“We then examined the number of car and motor cycle registrations in Newbury and district, and arrived at a ratio of cars per 1,000 persons for each of the various residential zones”
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“…we had to establish the origins and destinations of all the work-journeys”
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“Newbury is a market town of about 30,000 population with the usual range of activities of such a town…”
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“It is easier in a compact society to maintain the secondary activities, such as restaurants, specialist shops and service industries which all too easily fail if there is not a large enough clientele close enough at hand”
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“no one could question the special importance of the countryside to the people of this crowded island, or be prepared… to see a large part of it sacrificed to a major dispersal of urban areas in order to accommodate motor traffic”
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“…a much greater understanding of the relationship between various kinds of development and the demands for movement which they generate needs to be developed”
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“So far, with our green belt and countryside conservation policies, we have managed to keep the situation under control, but the pressures are present nevertheless, and are increasing all the time”
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“It can be argued that, with the added advantages of new tele-communication techniques, there is no longer any need for concentrated towns in the traditional form”
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“…the potential numbers of vehicles in towns are beyond anything that could be dealt with by one-way streets, waiting prohibitions, or other manipulative measures”
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“…for whether or not a motor car is a status symbol, there is no doubt that to many people it is a fascinating possession, and to have one at one’s immediate beck and call is an asset of the first order”
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“It is sometimes maintained that these increases will not come about, that would-be owners of cars will be deterred by congestion and frustration, but we think this attitude would amount to a miscalculation…”
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“an increase up to a total of 25 million vehicles (including 17½ million cars, or an average of one car per family) must be regarded as virtually certain”
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“…a problem which has not previously been given any prominence but which yearly assumes greater importance, namely the sheer capacity of urban areas to accommodate motor traffic without serious deterioration of the environment”
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“the traffic problem in towns might indeed almost disappear—if motorists were obliged to pay the full economic costs of running their vehicles, including the rental of road space.”
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“if serious technological studies were undertaken… a whole range of new ideas for moving people and goods in cities would be produced. It is indeed to be hoped that we are not at the end of our ingenuity in the matter”
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“…a more direct challenge to the motor car, assuming the problem of noise can be overcome, is the air-cushion craft”
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“The motor vehicle has been eroding many of the common amenities of life, but there is still some privacy left in back gardens, verandahs, bedrooms and on roof-tops… ”
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“The motor vehicle of course cannot simply be ‘disinvented’. Events have passed far beyond the point at which it would have been possible to revert to railways…”
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“Does it really matter that conversation on pavements, and even inside buildings, should be virtually impossible in many places on account of traffic noise? ”
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“…buildings seem to rise from a plinth of cars; the destruction of architectural and historical scenes; the intrusion into parks and squares; the garaging, servicing and maintenance of cars in residential streets which creates hazards for children”
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“fumes are now rendering urban streets extremely unpleasant, though once again, since it is a situation that most of us have grown up with, it needs a conscious effort to comprehend what has happened”
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“…traffic noise is steadily developing into a major nuisance, seriously prejudicial to the general enjoyment of towns, destructive of the amenities of dwellings on a wide scale ”
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“To be safe, to feel safe at all times, to have no serious anxiety that husbands, wives or children will be involved in a traffic accident, are surely pre-requisites for civilised life ’
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“the deterioration of our urban surroundings under the growing weight of traffic has passed almost unnoticed”
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