The Federal Republic of Germany is currently conducting a major experiment and associated research project on area-wide traffic restraint in six model cities: Berlin, Mainz, Ingolstadt, Esslingen, Buxtehude and Borgentreich. The aim is to reduce the impact of vehicle traffic in large areas within cities, based on earlier work concerning traffic restraint in residential areas, in two ways. First, in the form of specifications for the planning of concrete constructional and traffic control measures to be taken in the city, and second, through an effectiveness study using the various research projects. In the six model cities, traffic restraint measures will be implemented in large areas, either in the centre or on the edge of the city centre. This will take place between 1983 and 1987.
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