The paper summarises the terms of reference of the joint planning study and describes the role of the transport work in the light of those terms. The objectives of the transport work are set out. The paper considers the timetable of the study and the problems posed by it in relation to the availability of data upon which to found the transport analysis. Reference is made to the overall framework of evaluation used in the study. The framework of transport assessment is described and a comparison made between this framework and the original objectives. The models used to forecast traffic flows on the road and rail networks in the region are also described. The three methods of assessment used in the transport work (operational, cost and net benefit change) are considered and reference is made to the fundamental problems of a comparative transport analysis of alternative land uses. The paper reviews the suitability for the task in hand of the models and analytical framework used. Observations are made about procedures that might be adopted in further transport study at a regional scale. (a) a discussion of the paper is included. Covering abstract of the conference proceedings is IRRD abstract no. 208753.
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