| Air Transport
Transport Watch canvasses for three areas of research:
1 |
The land take per passenger-km. E.g., (a) the areas
of the airports themselves plus (b) other areas affected
by noise (suitably weighted). Those areas divided by the
passenger-km generated could be compared with the same
data for roads and rail. |
2 |
The need to incorporate the time lost to people on the
ground due to aircraft noise when evaluating airport proposals.
E.g. if 300 people save 6 hours by air but disturb as
few as 55,000 people on the ground for 2 minutes then
the time lost will exceed the time gained. Should, or
do, such calculations form part of the decision process? |
3 |
The extent to which military airports in the UK could
be used for joint military and civilian use. |
Transport Watch is in contact with Cranfield University which
may progress the above.
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