XN000022-1986-09-10 — Page 4

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1986

MR GREWAL SAID THAT AS IN THE CASE OF THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY CONDUCTED IN THE 70'S, THE SECOND STUDY WOULD SEEK TO DETERMINE WHAT POLICIES AND INVESTMENT IN TRANSPORT FACILITIES WERE REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE A BALANCE BETWEEN THE DEMAND FOR AND SUPPLY OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES UP TO THE END OF THE CENTURY.

HOWEVER, HE SAID, THE PRESENT STUDY WOULD NOT INVOLVE EXTENSIVE HOUSEHOLD INTERVIEWS LIKE THE PREVIOUS ONE.

INSTEAD, IT WOULD MAKE USE OF THE WIDE RANGE OF DATA AVAILABLE FROM MANY SURVEYS AND STUDIES CARRIED OUT IN RECENT YEARS.

+ ALSO THE EXISTING CTS TECHNICAL APPROACH AND COMPUTER MODELS WILL BE REVIEWED AND ENHANCED TO REFLECT THE CHANGING DEVELOPMENT AND TRAVEL PATTERNS, AND TO MAKE USE OF THE NEW GENERATION OF COMPUTERS AND SOFTWARE, AND THE DEVELOPMENTS IN TRANSPORT MODELLING TECHNIQUES WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE SINCE THE LAST SURVEY,+ HE SAID.

MR GREWAL SAID ANOTHER DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO STUDIES WAS THAT THE SECOND STUDY WOULD NOT ONLY LOOK INTO HOW TRANSPORT DEMAND COULD BE MET, BUT WOULD ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT RESOURCE LIMITATIONS, AND WOULD RECOGNISE THAT RESOURCES WERE UNLIKELY TO SATISFY UNRESTRAINED TRANSPORT DEMAND.

+ IT WILL EXAMINE THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMMES AND ALTERNATIVE POLICY OPTIONS TO MATCH DIFFERENT RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS.

+IT WILL ALSO EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF DELAYING CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS OR EXPANSION TO THE TRANSPORT NETWORK, AND WAYS TO AMELIORATE THESE EFFECTS,+ HE SAID.

MR GREWAL SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S CENTRAL TRANSPORT OBJECTIVE, AS STATED IN THE 1979 WHITE PAPER ON INTERNAL TRANSPORT POLICY, IS TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE MOBILITY OF PEOPLE AND GOODS.

A GREAT DEAL HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE TO ACHIEVE THIS AIM, AND THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO DO ALL IT COULD TO BRING ABOUT THE CONTINUING IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED IN THE YEARS AHEAD, HE SAID.

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