Highways through towns. Experiments with through- roads with environmental priority in Denmark.

In view of the latest observed stagnation in the number of vehicle- kilometres travelled, the limited economic potentialities and the increased opposition to the use of agricultural land or intervention in the recreational areas in cities, there exists a great interest in investigating the possibilities and consequences of inhibiting traffic on the main highways by converting the existing main road into a so- called through- road with environmental priority. This paper documents the proposals for local solutions and experiments at test locations of various examples of through- roads with environmental priority.