@trafficintowns
I'm Traffic in Towns - also known as The Buchanan Report – I was published Nov 25th, 1963. I shaped how much of the UK looks and how you move around. OGL V3.0 https://trafficintowns.uk - now digital from Nov 25th, 2024 in 250+ languages.
“The retention of old historic areas and areas of special architectural interest is dependent upon the maintenance of satisfactory environmental standards.”
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“It should be possible… to reduce the volume of traffic in the existing streets to levels that would give a reasonable standard of environment”
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“it would be essential to reduce to a minimum the amount of parking space (especially for car commuters) served directly off the old street network within the old city”
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“seems to be the only way of saving the old city from a descent into such chaos that eventually an irresistible demand will arise for it to be swept away”
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“The severance of these areas by heavy traffic flows would be extremely detrimental to the environment. Most of these sub-areas have strong ties with each other”
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“Yet, on any count, a speed of 30 m.p.h. is too great at any time in any part of the old city. Public opinion might not be prepared for a move in this direction at the present time”
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“Yet, on any count, a speed of 30 m.p.h. is too great at any time in any part of the old city. Public opinion might not be prepared for a move in this direction at the present time”
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“it is estimated that the number of vehicles seeking to enter the old city daily, exclusive of through traffic, would increase to about 76,000 by 2010”
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“it is estimated that the number of vehicles seeking to enter the old city daily, exclusive of through traffic, would increase to about 76,000 by 2010”
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“Yet to provide additional car parking facilities in the centre would be the surest way of increasing the amount of traffic using the already congested streets”
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“to remove large numbers of buildings in the centre to make way for car parks would destroy the traditional compactness, and encourage more vehicles into the area”
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“if the environment is sacrosanct, and if no major reconstruction can be undertaken, then accessibility must be limited. There can be no question about this”
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“if the environment is sacrosanct, and if no major reconstruction can be undertaken, then accessibility must be limited. There can be no question about this”
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“to remove large numbers of buildings in the centre to make way for car parks would destroy the traditional compactness, and encourage more vehicles into the area”
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“Yet to provide additional car parking facilities in the centre would be the surest way of increasing the amount of traffic using the already congested streets”
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“This potentially high standard of environment is, however, lowered by the effect which vehicular traffic is having upon it…”
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“This potentially high standard of environment is, however, lowered by the effect which vehicular traffic is having upon it…”
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“There is still a great deal of pedestrian movement, but the pattern has changed with the changes in land use”
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“The traffic on these roads is mainly destined for Norwich, but in summer there is a higher proportion of through traffic than at other times of the year caused by vehicles bound for the holiday resorts”
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“Altogether, in the small area of the old city, there are 400 buildings or groups of buildings which have been listed under the Town and Country Planning Act as being of historic or architectural interest”
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@norwichcycling.bsky.social
“We wish to make it quite clear that this study is in no sense put forward as a plan for Norwich”
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“We estimate that 115 acres, or 48% of the central area would need to be redeveloped to achieve this plan. This includes land for roads and parking garages”
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“Erection of garages is now in progress, and is likely to go on until there is provision for at least one car per family… ownership is showing itself in a marked increase of traffic within the area”
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Traffic in Towns is 61 years old today.
To celebrate, the digital version is now live.
This landmark study examined the impact of increasing car culture on the UK.
We hope this digital version helps inform then on-going debate on ‘the traffic problem’.
#TrafficInTowns
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“The simple act of walking plays an indispensable part in the transport system of any town. There is nothing fanciful in this statement. Walking accounts for many medium-distance movements…”
Taken from the Buchanan Report 1963 ⬇️
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“…conditions in this island in the next ten years or so, will demand an almost heroic act of self-discipline from the public. It is not only road safety… but everything to do with the sane and civilised use of motor vehicles.” 1963.
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Carbrain
“It seems to us that the restraint is bound to fall primarily on the use of the private car for travelling to work, and this has vitally important implications for public transport.”
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“There is in fact scope for several quite different arrangements whereby pedestrian and vehicle movements can be separated”
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