T.R.T.A Considers Minimum Standards for Off-street Loading Plans
Page 26
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
AT yesterday's (Thursday) meeting of the highways and traffic committee of the Traders Road Transport Association, the need for an official body to examine the question of establishing minimum standards for off-street loading and unloading in urban development and redevelopment schemes was due to be considered.
This is a matter which has become increasingly important as more city planning officers are requesting the Association's views as to desirable standards for off-street loading, with particular reference to the relationship between the size of off-street loading areas and the size of the establishments they serve for different commercial and industrial users.
When the T.R.T.A. published its survey of off-street loading in urban development and redevelopment in 1962 it revealed that only 43 per cent of local planning authorities insisted on off-street loading facilities in new developments and only 25 per cent in the case of redevelopments. If regional planning an the Buchanan principles is to be achieved there will be a need for a specialist approach to the off-street reception facilities that will be a major contributory factor to reducing traffic congestion.