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Tackling Congestion by Influencing Travel Behaviour

Other Initiatives

Bus and Coach Services

Interest is growing in developing bus and coach networks where there are no rail links. We can help by giving priority to buses and coaches through some congested junctions and other busy areas. We've recently looked at a number of possible coach routes in the Thames Valley area. This work came out of the Government's 'multi-modal' studies into the different types of transport and infrastructure available.

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Active Traffic Management

Car Sharing lanes

We are building new lanes on our network to encourage people to share cars. At peak times, only vehicles carrying two or more people will be able to use the lanes. The first trials of this initiative will be on the M606/M62 in Yorkshire. More information can be found on the M606 - M62 Car Sharing Lane web page.

Congestion

For more in depth information about car sharing please visit our car sharing web page.

Park and Rail

We are keen to install traffic signs at key locations on the road network to make people more aware of the location of railway stations and so encourage more people to use trains to avoid congestion.

Park and Rail

To find out how effective signs can be in reducing congestion by encouraging more people to use public transport, we are carrying out a study into the impact of some park and rail signs at:

  1. Chiltern Rail (M40); and
  2. Thameslink (Luton M1 Parkway)

If the signs are shown to be successful, we will encourage their use at other suitable locations on the road network close to railway stations.

Park and Ride

Non Motorised Users

Please visit our dedicated page in the Knowledge Centre Section of this web site for more information, initiatives and progress for non motorised users.

 


*"The aim of the Government's Multi-Modal Studies was to investigate problems on or with all modes of transport and to seek solutions to those problems. The output from the Studies was a number of different options aimed at addressing the problems within the study area. Each option consisted of a transport plan, that is, a collection of quite specific and individual interventions. Analysis of options needed to be sufficiently detailed to ensure that robust decisions could be made. The results of the Studies have been or will be used by the Regional Planning Bodies in developing and reviewing Regional Transport Strategies."