The contention in Mr. Thomson’s article in the January 1968 issue of this journal, that in London traffic management has reduced rather than increased the capacity of the network, is attacked, and defended, in a rejoinder.
In the January 1968 issue Mr Thomson concluded that the true capacity of the central London main road network had actually fallen since 1960. He now replies to some contradictory figures produced by the Chairman of the Greater London Council Highways and traffic Committee.
The inaugural address by the Professor of traffic Studies at University College, London. Professor Smeed gives a quantitative analysis of capacity and congestion in real and imaginary town centres, and considers some suggested remedies. He concludes that there are major questions affecting the life and welfare of the community which cannot be answered without more information, and that the universities can help to provide it.
