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Title:

SOCIAL TRENDS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING METHODS

Accession Number:

00372076

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/0360859X

Abstract:

Major social changes now underway are summarized and their implications for travel and transportation are discussed. The changes which are all interdependent are identified as follows: changes in the American household; transition to the post-industrial society; and changes in price structure of transportation and housing. Demographic and functional changes in American households are leading to the possibility that travel will no longer be statistically associated with traditional predictive variables. More complex life style variables hold promise as ways of explaining and predicting travel in relation to household structure. Urban economies are changing and, the transition to the post-industrial metropolis is transforming the nature of the labor markets and urban form from which travel patterns are also drawn. Also, the price structure of housing and public transportation is also changing in ways that have not yet been fully understood but are causing shifts in travel patterns.

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. Proceedings of a Conference on Urban Transportation Planning in the 1980s, November 9-12, 1981, Warrenton, Virginia.

Monograph Accession #:

00372082

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Wachs, Martin

Pagination:

pp 39-47

Publication Date:

1982

Serial:

Transportation Research Board Special Report

Issue Number: 196
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0360-859X

Conference:

Conference on Urban Transportation Planning in the 1980s

Location: Warrenton Virginia, United States
Date: 1981-11-9 to 1981-11-2
Sponsors: Urban Mass Transportation Administration; Federal Highway Administration; U.S. Department of Transportation

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

References (30) ; Tables (2)

Subject Areas:

Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

May 31 1983 12:00AM

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