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Title: A STATEMENT OF THE URBAN PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM
Accession Number: 00241070
Record Type: Component
Abstract: MUCH CONTROVERSY AND CONFUSION APPEARS TO PREVAIL TODAY AS TO HOW BEST TO SOLVE THE UBIQUITOUS PROBLEM OF ADEQUATE PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION IN URBAN AREAS. BASED ON THE OLD SAW THAT A CLEAR STATEMENT OF A PROBLEM GOES A LONG WAY TOWARD ITS SOLUTION, THIS PAPER (1) SHARPENS UP THE TECHNICAL LANGUAGE OF THIS SUBJECT AREA, (2) IDENTIFIES THE CONDITIONS IN URBAN AREAS WHICH GIVE RISE TO THE RECURRING PROBLEM OF PROVIDING ADEQUATELY FOR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION, (3) EXPLAINS SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES THAT ARISE BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM HAS NO UNIQUE SOLUTION, AND (4) INDICATES THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES THAT WOULD FOLLOW THE ADOPTION OF ANY ONE OF SEVERAL ALTERNATE PROPOSED SOLUTIONS IN ANY GIVEN URBAN AREA. /AUTHOR/
Supplemental Notes: No 293, pp 21-32, 2 FIG, 1 TAB. 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.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01410676
Authors: Cherniack, NathanPagination: 12p
Publication Date: 1961
Serial: Media Type: Digital/other
TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Sep 12 1994 12:00AM
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