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Chapter III – part two: A large town

Summary of traffic movements: 202

 Novermber 1963    The Buchanan Report    Chapter 3ii  
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Summary of traffic movements

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The 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