Here are some U.S. studies:
Susan Handy, Scott Kubly and Michael Oden, "Economic Impacts of Highway
Relief Routes on Small Communities," University of Texas, Austin
(www.trb.org; www.utexas.edu/research/ctr/pdf_reports/1843_S.pdf), Jan. 2002.
Summary of ten case studies of the effects of highway bypasses on small
town land use and economic development. Finds moderate to large impacts,
particularly increased decline of downtown businesses and additional
development at the urban fringe (often by national retail chains).
Glenn Leong and Glen Weisbrod, "Summary of Highway Bypass Studies,"
Economic Development Research Group
(http://www.edrgroup.com/pages/pdf/Town-Bypass-Case-Studies.pdf), July 1999.
Summarizes literature on the economic development impacts of highway
bypasses. Concludes that these impacts depend on circumstances, and tend to
be modest overall in terms of total regional economic activity, but they
can cause reductions in downtown business activity.
Sivaramakrishnan Srinivasan and Kara Miria Kockelman, "The Impacts of
Bypasses on Small- and Medium-Sized Communities: An Economic Analysis,"
Journal of Transportation and Statistics, Vol. 5, No. 1, Bureau of
Transportation Statistics (www.bts.gov), 2002, pp. 57-70.
Evaluates the impacts of urban bypass highways on city business activity.
Finds that economic activity tends to decline, particuarly for vehicle fuel
sales, although the effects vary depending on geographic factors.
Matt Egan, Mark Petticrew, David Ogilvie and Val Hamilton, "New Roads and
Human Health: A Systematic Review," American Journal of Public Health, vol.
93, No. 9
(www.ajph.org), Sept. 2003, pp. 1463-1470.
Synthesizes evidence of the health effects of increased roadway capacity
based on international studies. Concludes that urban bypasses decrease
injuries within towns, new major urban roads have statistically
insignificant effects on injury incidence, new highways between towns
decrease injuries, and major urban highways increase disturbance and severence.
Best wishes,
-Todd Litman
At 12:37 PM 8/8/2005 +0100, Eleanor Pryce wrote:
>Please could anyone reccommend some literature related to the query below?
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>Many thanks,
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>Eleanor Pryce
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>PhD: The Potential Economic Impacts of Road User Charging in Southampton
>School of Geography
>University of Southampton
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>Tel: 02380 551416
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>Dear All
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>I am on the Bypass Committee of Lyndhurst Parish Council, the latest
>attempt to alleviate the traffic chaos of our pleasant New Forest village.
>Next month we are giving a presentation to our Chamber of Trade and I
>would like some hard info on the economic impact of bypasses in a tourist
>area. Over 80% of the traffic in Lyndhurst just wants to pass through but
>we still have some traders who think that a bypass might mean loss of
>trade. We take the view that making Lyndhurst a better place to visit will
>in fact increase trade and that their fears are misplaced - tourists will
>always want to visit the New Forest "Capital".
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>Do any of you know of any studies of the before and after situation when a
>bypass has been built around a place of comparable size (3,000
>inhabitants) and in a tourist area? If you cannot give me a literature
>lead could you point me to anyone who specialises in such research?
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>Cheers
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>Keith
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>Palaeoecology Laboratory (PLUS)
>School of Geography
>University of Southampton
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>023 8059 2226 Telephone Laboratory
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