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Introduction Twelve Trips is a graphic document exploring twelve journeys traveled up and down the UK over the Easter period of 2013. This section of the book takes a look at the twelve journeys from an infographic aproach. Exploring different kinds of data and facts concerened with each journey.
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Place Index a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. k. l. m. n. o. p. q. r. s. t. u. v.
Edinburgh York Leeds Liverpool Glossop Sheffield Grimsby Nottingham Great Yarmouth Wolverhampton Coventry Rugby Leamington Daventry Northampton Cambridge Bristol Kingston Truro Exeter Portsmouth Brighton
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Journey Index 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. 11. 12.
Leeds - Bristol.................................. Rugby - Glossop.................................. Portsmouth - Edinburgh................ Leamington - Great Yarmouth..... Grimsby - Brighton........................... Wolverhampton - Truro.................... Bristol - Coventry........................... Daventry - Nottingham.................. Northampton - Exeter...................... Leeds - York......................................... Sheffield - Kingston....................... Liverpool - Cambridge.....................
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YORK LEEDS
G LIVERPOOL
GLOSSOP
SHEFFIELD
NOTTINGHAM
WOLVERHAMPTON LEAMINGTON
COVENTRY
NORTH
DAVENTRY
KIN BRISTOL
PORTSMOUTH EXETER CORNWALL 05
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GRIMSBY
M GREAT YARMOUTH RUGBY
HAMPTON
NGSTON
RIGHTON
CAMBRIDGE
M1 The journey from Leeds to Bristol utilities 75 miles of the M1, Britains first and most legendary motorway.
thern section of the M1 from St Albans to Birmingham ned in 1959.
arly days there was no speed limit, no central reservacrash barriers and no motorway lighting.
mportantly, a mere 13,000 vehicles were estimated to use on a daily basis in 1959 compared with today’s figure of r 88,000.
ing engineering
miles of the southern section of the road was built by a orce of 5,000 in just 19 months.
rks out on average at one mile every eight days.
thern section of the M1 was completed in 19 months at f £16.5 million. on tonnes of earth, gravel, rock and chalk were excavatake way for the M1.
00 labour force who worked on the M1 were brought to n double-decker buses. Canteens were needed every 2.5 ong the motorway. t of the whole M1 was £50 million (the cost today pproximately be £1.5 billion). rage daily traffic flow on the whole of the M1 is 88,000 05 per day. is monitored 24 hours a day by eight different police
Leeds to Bristol Date: Miles Traveled:
23.03.13 209
TOP: BOTTOM:
Rugby Glossop
Contours LEFT: Two contour sections from the UK’s national Ordnance Survey data-base. The UK is split up into a grid system, appropriately named the ‘Naitonal Grid System’. This in order to efficiently locate and categorise any and every location nationwide.
Rugby to Glossop Date: Miles Traveled:
01.04.13 113
Shipping? The Mary Rose is a famous ship permanently docked in Portsmouth. At 45m long, it would take 15,950 of them end to end in order to reach to Edinburgh.
= 4500m
Portsmouth to Edinburgh Date: Miles Traveled:
29.03.13 446
Signage A selection of road signs found on the route to Great Yarmouth In the early 60’s a whole new set of signage was introduced to UK roads. A custom typeface called ‘Transport’ was designed by Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert, to specifically increase legibility while driving.
Leamington to Great Yarmouth Date: Miles Traveled:
29.03.13 171
Road Data A16:
01.0M
A46:
00.6M
A46:
18.5M
A46:
01.7M
A46:
12.0M
A46:
08.4M
A46:
08.9M
A1:
00.2M
A1:
46.8M
A1:
12.5M
M11:
42.0M
M25:
00.2M
M25:
16.9M
A282:
03.3M
M25:
12.0M
M26:
00.6M
M25:
11.4M
M23:
00.7M
M23:
13.8M
A23:
15.9M
MILL RD:
01.1M
DYKE.RD AV:
02.3M
A2010:
00.4M
A2010:
00.6M
A259:
00.4M
A23:
00.2M
Miles traveled on lengths of certain road starting from the A16 at Grimsby to the A23, Bristol.
Grimsby to Brighton Date: Miles Traveled:
05.04.13 248
Stats
Wolverhampton Region........... Area................ Population.. • Density...... Postcode...... Area Code.... Ethnicity.....
OS Grid Reference
West Midlands 69.4 km2 (26.8 sq mi) 249,900 3,407/km2 (8,820/sq mi) WV 01902 64.5% White British 17.5% South African 6.9% Black 2.5% Chinese 5.1% Mixed Race SO915985
Plymouth Region........... Area................ Population.. • Density...... Postcode...... Area Code.... Ethnicity..... OS Grid Reference
Location areas not to scale
South West 79.3 km2 (30.61 sq mi) 258,700 3,188/km2 (8,261/sq mi) PL 01752 98.4% White British 1.6% other SX4750051499
Wolverhampton to Cornwall Date: Miles Traveled:
29.03.13 253
Car Pool The route from Bristol to Coventry shares a 64.6 mile strip of the M5 with three other journeys in the book. None of which occured on the same date.
Bristol to Coventry Date: Miles Traveled:
26.03.13 108
Daventry to Nottingham Date: Miles Traveled:
28.03.13 55
a. Herbert St.
b. St. Andrews St.
c. G afton St. (A428)
d. Weedon Rd. (A4500)
e. M1 f. M5
g. M42
h. M5
i. A379
j. Topsham Rd. (A3015)
Road Names A breakdown of the roads used to reach Exeter from Northampton. The thinner the line, the longer the road.
k. Western Way (A3015)
Northampton to Exeter Date: Miles Traveled:
13.04.13 212
Leeds to York Date: Miles Traveled:
30.03.13 26
Travel Stats BY ROAD: If you were in a road vehicle maintaining an average speed of 40mph, it would take you approximately 4.39 hours to travel from Sheffield to Kingston Upon Thames for an estimated driving distance of 175.68 miles
Average Speed
Overall Estimated Drive time
40 mph 55 mph 70 mph
4 hours 22 min. 3 hours 10 min 2 hours 30 min
BY TRAIN: If you were in a train that averaged 100mph (160.9 kmh) travelling non stop with no connections or changes it would take you around 1.4 hours to travel from Sheffield to Kingston Upon Thames
BY AIR: If you were in a plane and maintained an average airspeed of 450 mph (724.1 kmh), your travelling time would be approximately 0.8 hours for Sheffield to Kingston Upon Thames. (includes 30 mins ascent and descent time)
As the crow flies, the apx. distance in miles from Sheffield to Kingston Upon Thames is 144.
Sheffield to Kingston Date: Miles Traveled:
05.04.13 175
Take the next... These days we take left and right for granted. But little do we take into account how many times we make the decision to take a certain direction on any given journey. Sometimes it’s obvious, sometimes not so much.
Liverpool to Cambridge Date: Miles Traveled:
26.03.13 194