Westminster Transportation

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Transport & Streets

GUO RUI & LIU RAN


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This report was commissioned by LondonSouth Bank University in 2012 to describethe situation of transportation and streetsin Westminster.


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Small scale primary researchwas conducted in the form ofa questionnaire.

The questionnaire aims tocollect firsthand information

about street andtransportation services inWestminster in order toanalyse and make thesuggestion.

The research also made use ofarrange of secondary resource, including a number ofwebsites dealing with servicesin Westminster.

Most of websites are porducedby governmenta and wasthought to reliable.

Primary Research Secondary research


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General information

When searching Westminster transportationthrough Google, over 19 million results appear.

In Wikipedia, one of the worlds largest sourcedatabases, more than 100 pages has content tointroduce under category of the transport of

Westminster. Basically, from the research,

some four railway stations and some 31 tubestations are located around the whole area.


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Special Role of Transportation

Tourism has become an increasingly importanteconomic sector and the City of Westminsterincludes within its boundaries some of Londonsmost prestigious landmarks and districts. TheCity Council wishes to maintain Westminstersposition as an internationally renowned tourist,arts, cultural and entertainment center offering a

wide range of facilities.


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StrengthSatisfactory with localtransportation networkservice

Location of transportis convenient

WeaknessDifficult to guaranteethe security in this largeflow

Difficult to park

OpportunitySubstantive investment

eg london (website)

ThreatRecession

Aging infrastructure
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Cycling to work should be encouraged by providing safer cycling

routes so as to reduce the traffic congestion at peak time in themorning.

More parking place should be provided in order to satisfythe needs of drivers. to satisfy the needs of drivers.


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design questionnaireand do it effectively

Write report formally(language, structure,content)

Website should bejudged

Writing skills

Westminster is ahighly mobile

borough(visitors in TrafalgarSquare )


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design questionnaireand do it effectively

(chose right person atright time )

Writing skills

(language, structure,content)

The differencebetween essay andreport

Westminsteris a highlymobileborough

There aremany touristattractions in

this area.


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Both strength and weakness

Special role of the transport

The situation of aging facilities

Consideration to cyclists and disabledpeople


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Transport in Westminster, 4 September. [online]Available fromhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Transport_in_Westminster [Accessed 4September 2012]

Mayor announces over 5.9m for local transport improvements in Westminster, 15December 2011. [online]Available fromhttp://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/archive/22182.aspx[Accessed 4

September 2012]Mayor's funding boost for local transport improvements in Westminster, 20 December2010

[online] Available fromhttp://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/archive/17821.aspx [Accessed 4September 2012]

March for public services 26 March, 2011. [online]Available fromhttp://www.unison.org.uk/26March/ [Accessed 4 September 2012]

Transport and streets [online] Available fromhttp://www.westminster.gov.uk/services/transportandstreets/ [Accessed 4 September2012


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Westminster Transportation

Documents

Transcript of Westminster Transportation