ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the issues of spatial and environmental quality associated with elements of the transportation network. Four central themes underpin the images which have been chosen. The first is that many (if not the majority) of transportation projects in South Africa, particularly in more recent times, have inflicted enormous urban and environmental damage upon the contexts on which they have been imposed. As a result, the generation of 'roads' as opposed to 'streets' has been a compelling directional tendency. The second theme is that negative environmental consequences associated with transportation projects are by no means inevitable. A third theme is that the aesthetic and social appeal of the street has not disappeared. A fourth theme is the enormous amount of spatial waste which occurs, commonly in the form of unnecessary and excessive road reserves which occur.
