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Conventional traffic management


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Contribution to objectives and alleviation of problems

Objective

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Efficiency

2

1

Liveable streets

-3

1

Protection of the environment

-3

?

Equity and social inclusion

-2

?

Safety

2

2/
-1

Economic growth

-2

?

Finance

-1

?

1 = Weakest possible positive contribution, 5 = strongest possible positive contribution
-1 = Weakest possible negative contribution -5 = strongest possible negative contribution
0 = No contribution

Problem

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Congestion-related delay

2

3

Congestion-related unreliability

2

3

Community severance

-2

1

Visual intrusion

-

-

Lack of amenity

-2

-

Global warming

1

1

Local air pollution

-2

1

Noise

-3

-

Reduction of green space

-

-

Damage to environmentally sensitive sites

-

-

Poor accessibility for those without a car and those with mobility impairments

-2

-

Disproportionate disadvantaging of particular social or geographic groups

-1

-

Number, severity and risk of accidents

2

2

Suppression of the potential for economic activity in the area

-2

-

1 = Weakest possible positive contribution, 5 = strongest possible positive contribution
-1 = Weakest possible negative contribution -5 = strongest possible negative contribution
0 = No contribution


Appropriate contexts

Appropriate area-types
Area type Suitability
City centre 5
Dense inner suburb 3
Medium density outer suburb 3
Less dense outer suburb 3
District centre 3
Corridor 5
Small town 5
Tourist town 5
1 = Least suitable area type 5 = Most suitable area type

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Text edited at the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT