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Title: METHODOLOGY FOR EVALUATING COSTS AND BENEFITS OF ALTERNATIVE URBAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
Accession Number: 00240887
Record Type: Component
Abstract: INCREASING TRAFFIC CONGESTION, GROWING INADEQUACY OF PARKING SPACE, AND PROBLEMS OF URBAN BLIGHT WHICH CAN BE SOLVED ONLY THROUGH WHOLESALE REBUILDING ARE COMBINING IN CITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD TODAY TO FOCUS ATTENTION, AMONG OTHER ASPECTS OF URBAN PLANNING, ON THE ROLE OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. THE METHOD PRESENTED INVOLVES HYPOTHESIZING TWO OR MORE ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS TO ANY GIVEN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROBLEM. INITIALLY, THESE SOLUTIONS WILL BE DESIGNED OUT OF THE ACCUMULATED EXPERIENCE OF THE PLANNERS AS TO WHICH ARE THE PRIME PURPOSES TO BE MET AND WHICH IS THE MOST ECONOMICAL, ADEQUATE WAY TO MEET THEM. THE SOLUTIONS WILL ALSO BE SO DESIGNED AND DELIMITED THAT IT MAY REASONABLY BE ASSUMED THAT, SOONER OR LATER, THOSE WHO HAVE THE POWER TO DO SO WILL WISH TO PUT THEM INTO PRACTICAL EFFECT. AT THIS POINT, THE COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS DESCRIBED TAKES OVER. ITS PRINCIPAL PURPOSE IS TO SET FORTH, IN SYSTEMATIC FASHION, THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF EACH GIVEN ALTERNATIVE TO EACH OF THREE MAJOR ELEMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY . BY THUS DETAILING WHO IS HURT AND WHO BENEFITED, IN WHAT RESPECT AND IN WHAT AMOUNT, BY EACH OF THE ALTERNATIVES, IT PERMITS AT THE VERY LEAST AN IMMEDIATE CHOICE AMONG THEM, BASED ON WHOM THE CHOOSERS WOULD MOST CARE TO FAVOR. MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOWEVER, IT GIVES CLUES AS TO HOW TO HYPOTHESIZE BETTER ALTERNATIVES. THE COSTS AND BENEFITS TO TRANSPORTATION USERS, OPERATORS, AND TO THE COMMUNITY ARE DISCUSSED.
Supplemental Notes: Paper sponsored by Committee on Transportation System Evaluation and presented at the 45th Annual Meeting. 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 #: 01410100
Authors: Perazich, GeorgeFischman, Leonard LPagination: pp 59-71
Publication Date: 1966
Serial: Media Type: Digital/other
Features: References
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General)
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Nov 18 1994 12:00AM
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