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50 years of motorways: the past and the future

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Keynote
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  • Tuesday, 09 December 2008
  • 00:9 - 00:9
  • Duration: 26 mins
  • Publication date: 09 Dec 2008
  • Location: IETTV_Room, IETTV_Venue, London, United Kingdom
  • Part of event IET Conference on Road Pricing 2008

About the session

This presentation illustrates how the motorway network and motorway traffic grew between 1958 and 2006. The film used during the presentationis an old Pathe News Reel and records the opening of the Doncaster By-pass. A free preview version can be downloaded from www.britishpathe.com by searching for 'Open New Motorway'.

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    John Wootton

    University of Southampton, Transportation Research Group, Chairman of the Motorway Archive Trust

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