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There can be few urban areas of the world without severe transport problems. The problems vary, but there is general dissatisfaction with an inability to move easily and cheaply from one place to another. Public transport is too infrequent or too crowded, unreliable or expensive or, more usually, some combination of all of these.
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Batty, M., (1981), A Perspective on Urban Systems Analysis, in D. Banister and P. Hall, (Eds.), Transport Policy and Planning, Mansell, London.
Department of Transport (DOT), 1967, Public Transport and Traffic, HMSO, London.
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Ridley, T.M. (1983). Tyne and Wear and Hong Kong: Can Systems Analysis Tackle the Realities of Decision-Making?. In: Batty, M., Hutchinson, B. (eds) Systems Analysis in Urban Policy-Making and Planning. NATO Conference Series, vol 12. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3560-3_21
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