TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

Question 1

WHAT PROBLEMS DOES TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CAUSE

Answer 1

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS- Lots of traffic increase air pollution and release green house gases contribute to climate change
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS - Males people late for work or meetings and delay deliveries which cause companies loose money
SOCIAL PROBLEMS- Higher chance of accidents congestion also causes frustration for drivers health issues and delay emergency vehicles

Question 2

WHAT URBAN TRANSPORT STRATEGIES

Answer 2

LONDON HIC AND CURITIBA LIC

Question 3

LONDON

Answer 3

• Docklands light railway- connects East London with city centre 110 million year
• Londons underground- 3 million passengers off the road everyday new line crossrail
• self service bicycles- available to hire for as little as 30 mins cheaper also bike lanes
• Oyster cards- Allow people to travel on buses trains the underground automatically topped up so quicker and easy

Question 4

WHAT DO OTHER CITIES USE

Answer 4

Liverpool used PARK AND RIDE

Question 5

CURITIBA

Answer 5

LIC 3 MILLION
BRT-Bus rapid transit
Dedicated bus lanes
Speedy buses
Biofuels
70% use BRT
12,500 TRIPS EVERY DAY
Save 27 millions of fuel every year 
EVERY 90 SECS

Question 6

HOW CAN TRAFFIC CONGESTION BE MANAGED

Answer 6

RING ROADS- Keep traffic away from centre less pollutes
BUS PRIORITY LANES- makes buses more attractive
PARKING RESTRICTIONS -make sure cars don’t block traffic flow
CONGESTION CHARGE- stop people dring such as DURHAM number of cars by 85%
CAR SHARING- fewer cars are needed
FLEXIBLE HOURS- spread of traffic through the day avoid congestion