Economics and the Road Programme

Economics and the Road Programme

This article criticises the bases on which trunk road schemes are evaluated by the Department of the Environment. traffic forecasts should relate car ownership to household characteristics rather than to the individual; small time savings should be ignored; by-passes should be judged on their value to the environment and not only on financial costs/benefits.

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