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Tackling congestion and pollution: the Government's first report

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Table of contents

  • Foreword
  • Chapter 1: The role of targets in reducing the adverse impacts of traffic
  • Introduction
  • Baseline: Outcomes without the Integrated Transport White Paper Policies
  • Analysis of the Effect of A New Deal for Transport Policies
  • The Role of A National Traffic Reduction Target
  • Chapter 2: Assessing the effect of the Government's policies on traffic
  • Chapter 3: Reducing the adverse impacts of traffic
  • Introduction
  • Traffic Congestion
  • Climate Change
  • Air Quality
  • Health
  • Land, Biodiversity and Heritage
  • Road Casualties
  • Social Impacts
  • Chapter 4: Conclusions and next steps
  • Annex A: Explanation of the scenarios for approaches to implementation of the Government's policies
  • Land Use Planning
  • Local Action
  • Sustainable Distribution
  • Passenger Rail Enhancements
  • Targeted Road User Charges On The Inter-Urban Road Network
  • Targeted Increases In Motorway And Trunk Road Capacity
  • Real Increases In Fuel Duty After 1999
  • Annex B: Road Traffic Reduction (National Targets) Act 1998
  • 1998 Chapter 24
  • Annex C: Summary of advice from the Commission for Integrated Transport
  • Annex D: Addressing the mobility needs of people with disabilities
  • Annex E: Ensuring an adequate provision of taxi services

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