Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 19 December 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 January 2003. It was answered by David Jamieson (Labour) on Wednesday, 8 January 2003 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what work he has done to establish (a) the correlation between road space available and road congestion and (b) the impact on existing public transport alternatives along such corridors arising from the provision of extra road space. - Inc ref to 'Delivering Better Transport: Progress Report' copy in Library.

Answer: Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what work he has done to establish (a) the correlation between road space available and road congestion and (b) the impact on existing public transport alternatives along such corridors arising from the provision of extra road space. [89099] Mr. Jamieson: The Department undertakes forecasting work for road traffic, for which available road space is an input. Forecasts were recently published in `Delivering Better Transport: Progress Report', a copy of which is in the House Library. This forecasting work also estimates modal transfer arising from transport policies.

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