Road and rail traffic

How to solve traffic jams

In this must watch TED Talk Jonas Eliasson describes his experience of introducing congestion charging into Stockholm. He is one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject. It will be 8 minutes well spent! In many respects Reading shares similar problems with Stockholm. Water means that there are bridges creating bottlenecks. His main points are :- …

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Why the East Reading Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) won’t reduce traffic on Reading roads

The revised Design and Access Statement in support of the East MRT, paragraph 4.4 makes the claim that: “Observations demonstrate that the eastern corridor has reached capacity. This will seriously restrict economic growth.” The road traffic counters data included in the planning application show that the traffic on the London Road has been falling over …

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