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IGCSE Geography – Reducing Congestion in Toulouse

Using the image of the traffic congestion on the Toulouse rocade above, describe the impacts of traffic on the people, the environment and the economy.

Which roads or areas do you or your parents regularly get held up in on the way to school/work?

http://www.geographypods.com/2-medc.html

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Western Toulouse Google Traffic Map – 03 February 2016.

Mark on the map above the approximate location of our school and you house (if you can see it).

The population of Toulouse grows by approximately 20,000 people annually. Many of these people move to Toulouse to work in the aviation industry and live in either the centre of the city or to the west of Toulouse (easy access to Blagnac). What future problems might this cause?

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Scheme How & where it could work in Toulouse Picture

Park & Ride & bus only lanes on N124

See BBC Bitesize link on geographypods

Airbus staggering start and finish times for workers on Tuesday and Thursday.

HOV lanes on N124 (car lanes for 2 or more people)

See link on geographypods

Airbus encouraging bike to work scheme (see link on geographypods)

http://www.geographypods.com/2-medc.html

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Using your A3 colour map of western Toulouse, information in the table, information on geographypods and BBC Bitesize and any other research, annotate your plans to reduce congestion and journey times on the N124 and in Pibrac and Colomiers. Make your notes here

http://www.geographypods.com/2-medc.html

Photo Help Sheet

What the schemes look like in real life.