Traffic Management in urban areas
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- Traffic Management in urban areas
- Why is traffic congestion a big problem?
- Environmental problems
- air pollution
- greenhouse gases lead to climate change
- economic problems?
- people are late for work/ meetings
- Deliveries are delayed so businesses lose money
- Social problems?
- more accidents e.g. cars & bikes
- health issues for predestrians
- emergency vehicles may be delayed
- Environmental problems
- Using public transport reduces traffic congestion
- Manchester Metrolink : An urban transport scheme
- Covers 60 miles with over 100 trams
- Over 34 million passengers use it each year
- largest light rail network in the UK
- Connects to the mainline rail network and Manchester airport
- So plans are to introduce 'Oyster card' style tickets
- Park and ride
- Hazel Grove aims to take traffic off the A6
- 400 spaces for cars
- uses 40 hybrid electric buses with free wifi
- spaces for cycles are provided
- Hazel Grove aims to take traffic off the A6
- Manchester Metrolink : An urban transport scheme
- Why is traffic congestion a big problem?
- Manage the traffic flow in cities
- ring roads around the city to keep traffic out
- pedestrianised shopping streets
- bus priority lanes
- parking restrictions e.g yellow lines
- Congestion charges e.g. on city centre London
- Traffic Management in urban areas
- Why is traffic congestion a big problem?
- Environmental problems
- air pollution
- greenhouse gases lead to climate change
- economic problems?
- people are late for work/ meetings
- Deliveries are delayed so businesses lose money
- Social problems?
- more accidents e.g. cars & bikes
- health issues for predestrians
- emergency vehicles may be delayed
- Environmental problems
- Using public transport reduces traffic congestion
- Manchester Metrolink : An urban transport scheme
- Covers 60 miles with over 100 trams
- Over 34 million passengers use it each year
- largest light rail network in the UK
- Connects to the mainline rail network and Manchester airport
- So plans are to introduce 'Oyster card' style tickets
- Park and ride
- Hazel Grove aims to take traffic off the A6
- 400 spaces for cars
- uses 40 hybrid electric buses with free wifi
- spaces for cycles are provided
- Hazel Grove aims to take traffic off the A6
- Manchester Metrolink : An urban transport scheme
- Why is traffic congestion a big problem?
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