Abstract:
This paper discusses the perspective of a city manager toward transportation planning. Discussion includes: various backgrounds of elected decision makers, the various areas of understanding involved in the local decision making process, the different levels of responsibility involved in the process, and the various relationships between transportation plans and planners and decision makers. It was concluded that the most important levels of responsibility for elected decision makers usually involve land use and zoning. Thus, it behooves transportation planners to work more effectively with local elected decision makers to improve the transportation planning and programming process.
Supplemental Notes:
This paper appeared in TRB Special Report 187, Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities, Proceedings of a Workshop sponsored by UMTA and FHWA, conducted by TRB, Sarasota, Florida, 3-6 December 1978. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
