Chapter III – part two: A large town
Summary of traffic movements: 202
Summary of traffic movements
202The estimated daily total number of journeys arising under these conditions would be slightly over 1,000,000 with nearly 150,000 taking place during the peak-hour. A percentage breakdown of these totals into four types of traffic is shown in Table 3.
Table 3: Types of traffic as a proportion of daily and peak hour journeys
Type of traffic | Percentage of total daily journeys | Percentage of peak hour journeys |
---|---|---|
Work journeys | 35 | 71 |
Shopping journeys | 12 | 5 |
Commercial and industrial journeys | 33 | 19 |
Other journeys | 20 | 5 |
Total | 100 | 100 |