Feb 09 2007

Congestion causes pollution - what causes congestion?

Published by John Redwood at 10:29 am under Blog

My car does 45 mpg if I can travel at a steady 60mph. This drops to 30mpg if my travel patterns include too many congestion delays.

Congestion occurs primarily where

2 Responses to “Congestion causes pollution - what causes congestion?”

  1. # Simon_Con 09 Feb 2007 at 12:02 pm

    I sense someone who’s as frustrated with the new junction on the A33 on the way into Reading as I am.

    Why on earth did the local traffic planners remove a more or less functional roundabout, and replace it with a set of lights that cause traffic to backup in all directions ?

  2. # Steven_Lon 09 Feb 2007 at 8:49 pm

    I had never thought about the railway crossings thing. Sounds like a good idea, however I’m sure you would encounter local oppostion for the necessary road building.

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