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

Abstract

This book contains a summary of work from a series of research papers produced over the last six years on how to improve travel in towns. The author examines the theory of traffic congestion in the light of recent reassessments of the extensive surveys in London of traffic flows and speeds, and in particular of journey speeds by all forms of transport. Chapters are included on: road speeds; journey speeds; transportation models such as NETRAN, STEM, GLTS, LTS; road pricing; the Downs-Thompson Paradox; public transport; transport revolutions; and road building. Data on travel speeds is presented in tabular form, and a bibliography is included. The key conclusion presented is that an efficient pattern of transport supply will only be made when travellers pay the true costs of the resources they use on each journey.

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