01077534

Monograph

This collection of 7 papers explores innovative planning approaches. Topics discussed include structures of independent metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs); transportation tax ballot initiatives; transportation planning in major cities and megacities; manual traffic allocation for street networks in small towns; demand forecasting for rural transit; transportation planning with innovative coordination between states, MPOs, and tribes; and estimating user costs and economic impacts of road construction in Federal Lands projects.

English

63p

2007

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309104234

Print

Figures; References; Tables

Coordination; Economic impacts; Estimating; Forecasting; Innovation; Large cities; Metropolitan planning organizations; Regional planning; Road construction; Rural transit; Small towns; States; Traffic assignment; Transportation planning; Travel demand; Tribal government

Federal lands; Megacities; Organizational structure; Tax ballot measures; User costs

Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Oct 9 2007 11:03AM

• Demand Forecasting for Rural Transit: Models Applied to Washington State
• Estimating User Costs and Economic Impacts of Roadway Construction in Six Federal Lands Projects
• Innovative Coordination Between States, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, and Tribes in Transportation Planning
• Manual Traffic Allocation for Small-Town Networks
• Models for Independence: Structures of Independent Metropolitan Planning Organizations in Florida
• Transportation Planning and Infrastructure Delivery in Major Cities and Megacities
• Transportation Tax Ballot Initiatives as Regional Planning Processes