Chapter 3 – Part four: A central metropolitan block

Choice of the network grid

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Being anxious to explore the implications of the highest possible level of traffic generation within the area, consistent with the capacity of the road system both inside and outside the area, we selected a 4,500 ft. square grid having eight points of connection with the area enclosed (Figure 175, grid C). Three of these enter directly into the study area, assuming that two sides of the grid are formed by Euston Road and Tottenham Court Road. As shown in Table 9 this arrangement permits a maximum peak hour generation by the study area equivalent to 12,200 p.c.u. per hour.