Article by Todd Litman, Victoria Transport Policy Institute Abstract Traffic congestion tends to maintain equilibrium. Congestion reaches a point at which it constrains further growth in peak-period trips. If road capacity increases, the number of peak-period trips also increases until congestion again limits further traffic growth. The additional travel is […]
Yearly Archives: 2007
4 posts
Christopher E Harris, PhD (Planning) Two recent papers have described an ‘Americanisation’ of transport policy in Auckland, New Zealand, characterised by the successful advocacy of motorways at the expense of rail. Arrested development of rail transit in Auckland presents a striking contrast to Wellington, New Zealand, where suburban rail is […]
The Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) would like to congratulate the Government for attempting to develop an energy strategy. As the CBT is primarily focused on transport issues, we have chosen to concentrate our submission on this area. We have arranged our submission into key headings. We have also included […]