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Please could anyone reccommend some literature related to the query below? Many thanks, Eleanor Pryce PhD: The Potential Economic Impacts of Road User Charging in Southampton School of Geography University of Southampton Tel: 02380 551416 ***************************************************************8 Dear All 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". 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? Cheers Keith ******************************************** Professor Keith E. Barber Palaeoecology Laboratory (PLUS) School of Geography University of Southampton SOUTHAMPTON SO17 1BJ 023 8059 3215 Telephone direct 023 8059 2226 Telephone Laboratory E-mails: [log in to unmask] Website: http://www.geog.soton.ac.uk/research/plus/ ******************************************