View source for Tyne Wear Plan: Transport plan for the 1980s (1972)

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| owner1    = Steven
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==Context==
In common with the other major conurbations, the local government districts in the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sunderland areas came up with a master plan for their future transport needs.

That part of the country "thought big" with a major road network improvement, including major urban motorway network for Newcastle and Gateshead; as well as improvements to rail services, bus lanes and the Metro.  As we know, pretty much everything other than the Metro was cancelled.

==Contents of Note==
*Full recommended Transport Plan
*Full details (bar engineering diagrams) of the proposed Newcastle motorway network
*Costings of the proposed improvements
*Traffic flows between 1960s and 1980s.

==How to view it==
Extracts from this document, amongst others, are the basis for the Pathetic Motorways feature [http://pathetic.org.uk/features/tyneside/ Tyne Side Story], where no-one seems to understand the pun.