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NEW reference pamphlet scribing the moves being ide to deal with the growth motor traffic and improve blic transport in urban as was published this week.
The section dealing With the )vernment's role in urban insport planning outlines the wernment's policy, the new ant system, long-term studies 3:1 the work of the Transport 321 Road Research Laboratory.
Tr af f ic management easures described include mputer-controlled traffic sigds, bus priority projects, :destrian precincts, the conol of heavy goods vehicles Lel provision for cyclists. ethods of traffic restraint, pecially parking, are men tioned briefly.
The section on public transport contains a description of the organisation of the industry and measures designed to increase its use, such as new buses and improved services (including park and ride schemes and dial a •bus services), planned urban railway developments and future transport systems. A separate section is concerned with road safety developments.
Town traffic in Britain RP130, HMSO 57p (by post 65p) is obtainable from Government Bookshops in London (post orders to PO Box 569, 'London SE1 9NH) Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol or through any bookseller.