Dear Colleagues,
I'm looking for evidence of the wider impacts of road-building schemes on
small communities.
The background:
Public consultation recently showed support for construction of a by-pass
around a small, rural town. The town currently retains some wonderful
architecture and a very vibrant and localised (read non-corporate) economy.
As such, it could teach us a lot about social and economic sustainability
within such communities.
Despite the publicly perceived "need" for a bypass, Ministers have expressed
interest in alternative measures and have requested references and examples
of similar situations where "improved" road connections impacted negatively
upon the community.
Does anyone know of:
1. Research into the negative impacts of road-building on small/
self-contained towns;
2. Information on a policy move away from by-passes in Germany in
the 1990s(?).
Many thanks,
Dave Morris
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Transport Studies Group
Loughborough University, UK
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