Surbiton

Question 1

Where is Surbiton? background info?

Answer 1

in south west london - borough of Kingston upon Thames

population of 160k

Question 2

Pull factors?

Answer 2

transport links to the centre of London are excellent - trains get into Waterloo in 18mins

• good quality housing - semi detached
• wealthy area with lots of shops and restaurants
• good schools and parks

Question 3

problems?

Answer 3

-70% car usage, large amount of congestion
-expensive travel into London city, London travel zone 6.
high house prices - AVG 406k compared to UK AVG at 226k

Question 4

improvements?

Answer 4

• widening roads,set delivery times, parking bays
• neighbours help decision making
• reclassify Surbiton as travel zone 5 making it cheaper