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E RIGHT way to tackle congon in big cities is through
iagement of the road system the improvement of car aliatives, according to the LonI Amenity and Transport Asiation.
ATA was set up in 1968 to try offset London's "declining" ironment, and its members sist mainly of civic societies. insists it is not an antitorway group but says that 'where has congestion been ed by building roads."
he association, however, has
a House of Commons select nmittee it is generally op;ed to the building of major v roads in inner London. "The !rail effect is to generate traf-lot relieve it.
In London in particular the blem of moving people and )ds is probably less than it s30 years ago," claims LATA.
written evidence to the nmittee, LATA said that in er to save a few minutes on a rney a lorry driver might take )ute which will cause conges and environmental nuiice in preference to one which uld not have these effects.
)n freight traffic, LATA said t great opportunities exist to uce present vehicle mileage. s, it said, could be done with increase to, and even with ne reduction in, vehicle size.