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http://onlinepubs.trb.org...ubs/sr/sr187/sr187-002.pdf

The urban transportation planning process formalized in the early 1960s has become increasingly diversified in the 1970s. Recently, special attention has been focused on the planning needs, requirements, and processes for small and medium-sized communities. Because of the need to develop processes and techniques that will provide adequate guidance to transportation decision makers, the Federal Highway Administration has sponsored the development of series of manuals that address state and local concerns while being mutually supportive. The emphasis of transportation planning for small and medium-sized urban areas is focused on three precepts: (a) greater flexibility in organizational and administrative arrangements; (b) improved communication between the decision maker, the planner, and the general public; and (c) simplification of the administrative planning requirements as well as of the procedures. The role at the federal level will be to improve the planning of transportation systems by facilitating activities that respond to local goals and concerns. (Author)

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.

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1980

Transportation Research Board Special Report

Workshop on Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities

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Alternatives analysis; Data collection; Databases; Decision making; Flexibility; Needs assessment; Strategic planning; Transportation; Transportation planning; Transportation policy; Urban transportation

Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General)

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jul 22 1981 12:00AM

• A DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
• A SIMPLIFIED TECHNIQUE FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
• A TRAFFIC ENGINEER'S PERSPECTIVE ON FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDING PROGRAMS FOR URBAN AREAS
• A VITAL PHASE OF TRANSIT EVOLUTION: MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
• ACHIEVING A BALANCE BETWEEN LONG-RANGE AND SHORT-RANGE PLANNING AT AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF EFFORT
• AN EXPLANATION OF WHY SYNTHETIC TRANSPORTATION STUDIES WORK (ABRIDGMENT)
• APPLICATION OF MANUAL TECHNIQUES FOR TRAVEL-DEMAND ESTIMATION
• APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF EFFORT FOR PLANNING FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED COMMUNITIES
• COMMERCIAL DATA SOURCES FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
• DWELLING-UNIT TO PARKING-STALL TRIP-GENERATION ANALYSIS (ABRIDGMENT)
• ESTIMATING TRANSIT DEMAND, FLEET SIZE, AND COSTS FOR SMALL COMMUNITIES
• FORECASTING GROWTH PARAMETERS IN SMALLER URBAN AREAS
• FORECASTING TRANSIT RIDERSHIP IN SMALLER COMMUNITIES
• GEOGRAPHIC DATA RESOURCES FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROGRAMS
• IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSPORTATION PLANS
• INTRODUCTION AND CONFERENCE SUMMARY TO THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS ON TRANSPORTATION PLANNING FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED COMMUNITIES
• IOWA URBAN TRANSPORTATION AREA: TRAFFIC-COUNTING PROGRAM
• ISSUES AND LEVEL OF EFFORT
• ISSUES AND LEVELS OF EFFORT
• JOURNEY-TO-WORK DATA FROM THE 1980 CENSUS
• ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE FOR PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
• PLAN IMPLEMENTATION: TEXARKANA URBAN TRANSPORTATION STUDY
• PROCEDURE FOR ANALYSIS OF SYSTEM SUFFICIENCY AND DEFICIENCY (ABRIDGMENT)
• SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE FOR ESTIMATING FUTURE TRIP GENERATION (ABRIDGMENT)
• SURVEILLANCE AND SOCIOECONOMIC FORECASTING
• SURVEILLANCE AND SOCIOECONOMIC FORECASTING
• SYNTHESIS OF HIGHWAY PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION IN URBAN AREAS OF ARKANSAS
• SYSTEM PLANNING
• SYSTEM PLANNING "DO'S AND DON'TS" FOR SMALL CITIES
• TECHNIQUES
• TECHNIQUES
• TECHNIQUES
• TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR SMALL POLITICAL JURISDICTIONS
• TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AND PLANNING. ISSUES
• TRANSIT SERVICE STANDARDS, ROUTING, AND SCHEDULING
• TRANSPORTATION ACTION PROGRAM
• TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT PLANNING FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED URBAN AREAS
• TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS AND LOCAL ELECTED DECISION MAKERS (ABRIDGMENT)
• TYPES OF DATA THAT SHOULD BE MONITORED
• WHAT SHOULD WE BE TRYING TO DO IN THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS?