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Title:

LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN

Accession Number:

00301606

Record Type:

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Abstract:

The evolution of long-range transportation system planning at one planning agency, the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC), is examined. Some conclusions about the continued role of long-range planning are drawn, and some directions for further evolution of such planning are suggested. After a brief historical review of long-range transportation system planning at SEWRPC, five recent criticisms of the planning process in southeastern Wisconsin and elsewhere are identified: (a) the need for short-range emphasis; (b) an inability to deal with uncertainty; (c) disregard of fiscal constraints; (d) excessive orientation toward facilities; and (e) neglect of local plan impacts. The eight fundamental principles of transportation planning used by SEWRPC are reviewed in light of these criticisms. Although they are found to be basically sound, they are shown to require expansion to (a) include a provision for subregional planning, (b) deal with uncertainty and explain the approach taken by SEWRPC and a possible method that is under development, (c) alter the planning process to consider all alternatives including system operation and management initiatives, and (d) develop an integrated transportation planning process that effectively brings together long-range and short-range transportation system planning and programming. /Author/

Supplemental Notes:

Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Transportation Systems Design. 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 Accession #:

01411054

Authors:

Schulz, David F

Pagination:

pp 11-16

Publication Date:

1979

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 707
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Conference:

58th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
Date: 1979-1-15 to 1979-1-19

ISBN:

0309029538

Media Type:

Print

Features:

References

Geographic Terms:

Wisconsin

Subject Areas:

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Nov 27 1981 12:00AM

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