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Local Collectors Versus Major Infrastructural Works

In: Regional Externalities

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  • Catharinus F. Jaarsma

    (Wageningen University)

  • Wim Heijman

    (Wageningen University)

Abstract

Cohesion between city and surrounding area is essential in the metropolitan landscape. However, this relationship is under strain. Firstly, the infrastructures, which are difficult to cross, are concentrated in exactly the transition zones of city and countryside, where — certainly for cyclists and pedestrians — the surrounding area is often difficult to reach from a residential area and vice-versa. Secondly, road users in the surrounding area are confronted with the loss of local connections because railways have been cleared of intersections or because new main infrastructure has been built. Current government policy considers this situation, but, in actuality, the focus is still too one-sided concentrating on construction costs and (railway) safety. A modification of this policy and a certain protection of local connections (including provisions for pedestrians and cyclists) within the framework of town and country planning are urgently needed. Because of the current developments, the metropolitan landscape is in danger of being divided into small ‘compartments’, which will only be connected by long indirect routes. A more integral approach and establishment of close-knit structures in Regional and Provincial Traffic and Transportation Planning Schemes can offer guarantees for more cohesion in the lowest categories of the road and path network.

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  • Catharinus F. Jaarsma & Wim Heijman, 2007. "Local Collectors Versus Major Infrastructural Works," Springer Books, in: Wim Heijman (ed.), Regional Externalities, chapter 5, pages 91-105, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-540-35484-0_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-35484-0_5
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