Travel in Towns Jam yesterday, jam today and jam tomorrow?

This book offers a new look at the theory of traffic congestion, in the light of recent reassessments of the extensive surveys in London of traffic plans and speeds and, in particular, of journey speeds by all forms of transport. The issues have been heatedly debated in professional journals and at...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mogridge, Martin J. H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 1990, 1990
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book offers a new look at the theory of traffic congestion, in the light of recent reassessments of the extensive surveys in London of traffic plans and speeds and, in particular, of journey speeds by all forms of transport. The issues have been heatedly debated in professional journals and at professional meetings, since the policy conclusions are profound and far-reaching, involving a redirection of transport policy away from road building and towards improvement of public transport systems
Physical Description:XVIII, 308 p online resource
ISBN:9781349117987