The report gives an assessment of the degree of traffic nuisance in a small town at different levels of traffic flow, before and after the construction of a by-pass. Measurements of traffic characteristics and of public attitudes are given. A nuisance index ranging from 0 to 6 showed a median of 1.7 when trunk road traffic passed through the town. This dropped to 0.3 when the traffice changes due to the by-pass occurred. Such environmental ill-effects as there were, were virtually eliminated by the reduction in flows following the opening of the by-pass. The main disadvantage was considered by the some respondents to be a drop in commercial activity in the town. The study is one of a series of case studies where changes in traffic flow have occurred, and from which more general conclusions will be published. (Copyright (c) Crown Copyright 1978.)


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    Title :

    Environmental Effects of Traffic: Case Study at Mere, Wiltshire


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1978


    Size :

    14 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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