Trunk roads and the generation of traffic
By: Dept. of Transport, Standing Advisory Committee on Trunk Road Assessment ; Chairman, D.A. Wood.
Contributors: Wood, Derek, 1937-
Publisher: HMSO
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Traffic engineering -- Great Britain.; Highway planning -- Great Britain.; Roads -- Government policy -- Great Britain.
First sentence: The purpose of this Report is to address the question whether new or improved trunk roads induce extra traffic.
Description: The opening of the M25 motorway (freeway) around Greater London in the late 1980s resulted in traffic volumes that far exceeded forecasts. The British government commissioned this study to determine whether the construction of new major roads results in additional trips that were not being made previously. The report concluded that in congested areas there are many extra trips that people would make if their routes were faster.  The report cautions that releasing this pent-up demand in one area could cause problems in other parts of the roadway system, and suggests some ways to quantify the latent demand.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: label: I
pagenum: 1
title: Introduction and Definition of the Problem; label: II
pagenum: 29
title: The Evidence of Induced Traffic; label: III
pagenum: 89
title: The Implications of Induced Traffic; label: IV
pagenum: 165
title: Conclusions from the Evidence and the Implications of Induced Traffic; label: V
pagenum: 175
title: The Way Forward; label: VI
pagenum: 205
title: Main Conclusions and Summary of Recommendations