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SUMMATION: TRANSPORTATION PLANNING - WHEN ARE THINGS GOING TO GET BETTER?

Accession Number:

00463080

Record Type:

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Abstract:

The transportation planners, who in recent years have had to move away from the center stage they occupied in the 60s and 70s, are addressed in this article. In this unusual presentation, in which two transportation planners articulate their concerns in the form of a dialogue, several noteworthy points are made. It is pointed out that planners should be aware that planning requires assumptions about the future, that forecasting can be hazardous, and that over the past 30 years transportation planning has had to be conducted within an unstable and vacillating urban policy framework. Also, goals for transportation were undergoing cataclysmic changes. Social, economic, and geographic forces were also exerting influences on society. Mistaken perceptions of what could and what could not be changed, and ways in which the changes could be effected are also discussed. Current issues that will concern planners are noted: the effects of an aging population on travel demand; safety service needs; city decentralization; the communications revolution; deregulation; reregulation; and new technology.

Supplemental Notes:

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. Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Statewide Multimodal Transportation Planning.

Monograph Accession #:

01419899

Authors:

Deen, Thomas B

Editors:

Kassabian, Naomi

Pagination:

pp 22-25

Publication Date:

1985

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1014
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309039037

Media Type:

Print

Uncontrolled Terms:

Future growth; Transportation systems

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Aug 28 2004 4:48AM

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