What are the Main Traffic Problems in Maidstone and Boxley and what are the Causes?

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Rebecca Crosbie 11B

What are the Main Traffic Problems in Maidstone and Boxley and what are the Causes?

Introduction

The purpose of this investigation is to find the main traffic problems in Maidstone and Boxley and what their causes are.  This will then help to give me an idea as to how the congestion in Boxley and the congestion in Maidstone affect each other if at all.

Maidstone dates back to the medieval times and when it was built it wasn’t expected to have to withstand the force of large amounts of traffic and congestion.  Although many roads have been resurfaced many times there is still the issue of increasing car ownership and generally more cars on the road.  However the problem in Maidstone isn’t just caused by cars, there is also an increasing number of vans, lorries, motorcycles (MC) and buses etc.  The town has recently introduced a park and ride scheme that has helped in some ways but for many people it isn’t convenient and the cost is also an issue.

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I have taken traffic counts throughout Maidstone and am going to use the data collected to analyse the traffic problems and their causes in and around the central business district (CBD).  Once I have found these I will look at a variety of possible solutions and evaluate their effectiveness by looking at the following:

  • How practical the solutions are
  • How effective they will be
  • Whether they are likely to be expensive
  • Who would pay for them?

 

From the traffic counts I have looked at I think that the congestion in Maidstone will also have an ...

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