Traffic in Towns
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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
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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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Taken from the Buchanan Report 1963 ⬇️
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November 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
“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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Taken from the Buchanan Report 1963 ⬇️
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“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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July 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
“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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July 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
“There is in fact scope for several quite different arrangements whereby pedestrian and vehicle movements can be separated”
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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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July 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
“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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“We have called this technique ‘environmental management’. It should be distinguished from ‘traffic management’, which is solely concerned with the movement of vehicles”
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July 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
“We have called this technique ‘environmental management’. It should be distinguished from ‘traffic management’, which is solely concerned with the movement of vehicles”
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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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July 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
“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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“We think this is a case where the advantage lies in placing the road in a cutting with pedestrian links across it, with retaining walls suitably designed to reduce the noise’
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July 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
“We think this is a case where the advantage lies in placing the road in a cutting with pedestrian links across it, with retaining walls suitably designed to reduce the noise’
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“We then examined the central area in more detail, with the object of determining the broad nature and scale of the changes required…’
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July 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
“We then examined the central area in more detail, with the object of determining the broad nature and scale of the changes required…’
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“The primary network comprises about 70 miles of road, about three quarters of which would be new roads mostly of motorway standards“
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July 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
“The primary network comprises about 70 miles of road, about three quarters of which would be new roads mostly of motorway standards“
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“Out of 67,000 daily shopping journeys into the central area from outside, we assumed that 64%, or 43,000 would eventually be made by car”
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July 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
“Out of 67,000 daily shopping journeys into the central area from outside, we assumed that 64%, or 43,000 would eventually be made by car”
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“The study showed that great variations exist in the carrying capacities of the existing roads.”
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July 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
“The study showed that great variations exist in the carrying capacities of the existing roads.”
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“We then examined the central area in more detail, with the object of determining the broad nature and scale of the changes required”
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July 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
“We then examined the central area in more detail, with the object of determining the broad nature and scale of the changes required”
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“The primary network comprises about 70 miles of road, about three quarters of which would be new roads mostly of motorway standards”
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July 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
“The primary network comprises about 70 miles of road, about three quarters of which would be new roads mostly of motorway standards”
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“we examined the whole city in order to determine the possible arrangement of the city into groups of environmental areas”
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July 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
“we examined the whole city in order to determine the possible arrangement of the city into groups of environmental areas”
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“But it is abundantly clear that the scale of the primary network is markedly influenced by the extent to which private cars are used for the journey to work.”
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July 1, 2025 at 9:54 AM
“But it is abundantly clear that the scale of the primary network is markedly influenced by the extent to which private cars are used for the journey to work.”
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“This theoretical network takes no account, of course, of local environments, existing development, or physical features, nor does it take account of any through traffic”
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June 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
“This theoretical network takes no account, of course, of local environments, existing development, or physical features, nor does it take account of any through traffic”
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“The outline of our calculations will have made it clear that work journeys by car accounted for the greater part of the traffic volumes that would arise”
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June 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
“The outline of our calculations will have made it clear that work journeys by car accounted for the greater part of the traffic volumes that would arise”
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“The estimated daily total number of journeys arising under these conditions would be slightly over 1,000,000”
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June 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
“The estimated daily total number of journeys arising under these conditions would be slightly over 1,000,000”
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“These journeys were by far the most difficult to analyse because of their great variety, and the dearth of information about the generation of this class of traffic”
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June 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
“These journeys were by far the most difficult to analyse because of their great variety, and the dearth of information about the generation of this class of traffic”
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“On the basis of these assumptions we estimated the number of daily shopping journeys to the central area at 67,000 of which 64% would be by car and the remainder by public transport”
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June 24, 2025 at 9:37 AM
“On the basis of these assumptions we estimated the number of daily shopping journeys to the central area at 67,000 of which 64% would be by car and the remainder by public transport”
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“Car ownership in Leeds is at present slightly below the national average, but we assumed it would reach the future national figure of 400 cars per 1,000 population in the year 2010.”
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June 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
“Car ownership in Leeds is at present slightly below the national average, but we assumed it would reach the future national figure of 400 cars per 1,000 population in the year 2010.”
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“To ascertain the direction and volume of the three main kinds of movement we employed the same ‘gravity model’ technique that we used for Newbury.”
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June 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
“To ascertain the direction and volume of the three main kinds of movement we employed the same ‘gravity model’ technique that we used for Newbury.”
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“The main feature of the land use pattern of Leeds… is the close proximity of the principal industrial areas to the central business area.”
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June 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
“The main feature of the land use pattern of Leeds… is the close proximity of the principal industrial areas to the central business area.”
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“to assess the number and character of the vehicular movements, to indicate the scale and pattern of alternative distributory road networks, to indicate the impact of increased traffic…”
June 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“to assess the number and character of the vehicular movements, to indicate the scale and pattern of alternative distributory road networks, to indicate the impact of increased traffic…”