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I really can't begin to compete with this - not my work in any way, just sharing because I think it'll interest some Opponauts. You know how sometimes you run across something and you can't believe anyone cares that much about it, but you're quite happy they do because they've put together an interesting story for all the rest of us? There might be slightly too much detail here, but it's an interesting, sometimes astonishing story.
http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ring…
This is the story of a plan. It was a plan created by successive governments in London from the 1940s through to the 1970s. It would have affected life in the capital in every conceivable way, changing the way London looked and functioned. It would have changed the development of the city forever. It was far-reaching and visionary; planning on a scale rarely seen in this country. It was a transport scheme to end all transport schemes. And it was utterly unacceptable to the general public.
This section of CBRD explores the London Ringways - a proposal to drive a dense network of motorways through and around the capital. It represents the biggest research project ever undertaken into the history of UK roads, already the result of several years' work, and it's still ongoing.