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Coping with congestion: responses to urban traffic problems in British cities c1920-1960. / Pooley, Colin; Turnbull, Jean.
In: Journal of Historical Geography, Vol. 31, No. 1, 01.2005, p. 78-93.

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Pooley C, Turnbull J. Coping with congestion: responses to urban traffic problems in British cities c1920-1960. Journal of Historical Geography. 2005 Jan;31(1):78-93. doi: 10.1016/j.jhg.2003.08.019

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Pooley, Colin ; Turnbull, Jean. / Coping with congestion: responses to urban traffic problems in British cities c1920-1960. In: Journal of Historical Geography. 2005 ; Vol. 31, No. 1. pp. 78-93.

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