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Stuck in Traffic


The bumper-to-bumper commuter traffic in the greater London area is among the worst in Europe. With chronic underinvestment in infrastructure since the second world war, Britain today is under-roaded by a factor of at least two compared with road use in other industrial countries. How Britain deals with its coming explosion in congestion over the next decade or so could have important implications for gridlock globally.

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Listen to the podcast: Cost of congestion


Approx. 13 mins

Stephen Glaister CBE, professor of transport and infrastructure at Imperial College in London, outlines the options available for curbing congestion.

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