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Title:

WIDENING THE ROADS: DATA GAPS AND PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS

Accession Number:

00748096

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00978515

Abstract:

One of the most fundamental tools for dealing with growing transportation demands is expanding the capacity of the transportation system, preferably by a little more than current needs, to allow for some future growth. New homes, new offices, and new stores require expanded transportation capacity. This can be accomplished by adding new routes, additional capacity to existing routes, or better operations to squeeze more output from the same facilities. Criticism of highway expansion as facilitating sprawl and generating more demand is troubling, because there are virtually no other choices if one cannot expand the supply. This paper offers some ideas on the topic based on the National Research Council report "Expanding Metropolitan Highways: Implications for Air Quality and Energy Use", analysis of 1990 regional data, and thoughts about pacing improvements in the highway system to underlying growth in population, the economy, and travel.

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Monograph Accession #:

00748094

Report/Paper Numbers:

E-C001

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Dunphy, R T

Pagination:

p. 16-20

Publication Date:

1998-2

Serial:

Transportation Research Circular

Issue Number: 481
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0097-8515

Conference:

Workshop on a Conceptual Framework for Simultaneous Vehicle and Infrastructure Design (SVID)

Location: Washington, D.C.
Date: 1997-12-17 to 1997-12-18
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board, National Research Council; and Research and Special Programs Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures (1)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Data needs; Induced travel

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Economics; Energy; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Apr 1 1998 12:00AM

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