Chapter III – part two: A large town

Part Two: A Large Town – introduction

Following on from our study of Newbury we turned our attention to a much larger town, selecting Leeds with a population of about half a million. We chose this city because, in spite of the complications presented by near neighbours, it is a major industrial city which is reasonably compact and identifiable. We also knew that useful traffic and land-use statistics were available, though, as at Newbury, this did not obviate the need to make a great many assumptions. We are grateful to the City Engineer for having so readily placed information at our disposal.