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THIS DISCUSSION SUGGESTS CHANGE IN THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF ROUTES AND TERMINAL FACILITIES FOR UTILIZING, IN URBAN TRANSPORTATION, THE COMFORT, SPEED, SAFETY, AND CONVENIENCE MADE POSSIBLE BY PROGRESS IN THE DESIGN OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE ROAD SURFACES. SPECIAL ATTENTION IS CALLED TO THE IMPORTANCE OF TERMINAL FACILITIES. IMPROVEMENTS IN CAR AND HIGHWAY DESIGN HAVE DONE MUCH TO INCREASE COMFORT, SPEED, AND SAFETY OF TRAVEL. TERMINAL PROGRESS, IN CONTRAST, HAS PRINCIPALLY CONCERNED ITSELF WITH LEGAL RESTRICTIONS AS A RESULT OF WHICH THE DEMAND FOR URBAN PARKING SPACE GREATLY EXCEEDS, BY 5 OR 10 TO 1 IN SOME INSTANCES, THE EFFECTIVE SUPPLY. THIS ROBS THE CAR OWNER OF MUCH OF THE BENEFIT FOR WHICH HE HAS DEMONSTRATED NOT ONLY HIS ABILITY, BUT HIS EAGERNESS TO PAY. IN CONSIDERING THE ECONOMICS OF TERMINAL FACILITIES, THE IMPORTANT QUESTION CONCERNS THE EXPENDITURE JUSTIFIED BY SOUND ECONOMICS TO INCREASE THE SPEED, COMFORT, AND SAFETY OF THE ENTIRE TRAVELING PUBLIC BY REMOVING PARKED CARS FROM THE HIGHLY EXPENSIVE STREET SURFACES TO OFF CURB PARKING AREAS WITH LESS EXPENSIVE SURFACING. PARKING SPACE IS NOT MERELY A PERSONAL CONVENIENCE FOR CAR OPERATORS, BUT AN INTEGRAL PART OF ECONOMIC MOTOR TRANSPORT. /AUTHOR/

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1934

Highway Research Board Proceedings

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Design; Economics; Highway safety; Highway transportation; Intermodal terminals; Motor vehicles; Parking demand; Routes; Surface course (Pavements); Transportation; Urban transportation; Vehicle safety

Design; Economics; Society; Transportation (General)

TRIS, TRB

Aug 23 1971 12:00AM

• ALCOHOL AND MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVERS
• AN EXPERIMENTAL ROAD OF CEMENT BOUND MACADAM
• ANALYSIS OF ROAD COST ON THE STATE HIGHWAYS OF WORCESTER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS
• APPLICATION OF EQUATION FOR ANNUAL ROAD COSTS
• COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION BETWEEN TIRES AND ROAD SURFACES
• CRACK CONTROL IN CONCRETE BASES FOR SHEET ASPHALT PAVEMENT
• DETERMINATION OF TIME SAVED BY VEHICLES USING THE NEW JERSEY HIGH LEVEL VIADUCT
• FURTHER TRACTIVE RESISTANCE TESTS WITH A GAS ELECTRIC DRIVE AUTOMOBILE
• GRAVEL TYPE STABILIZED SURFACES FOR SECONDARY ROADS
• HIGHWAY LIGHTING RESEARCH
• LIQUID BITUMINOUS MATERIALS FOR PLANT MIXED SURFACES
• MAKING AND USING THE TRAFFIC CENSUS
• MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS AS REFLECTED BY PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS AND REACTION METER
• NOTES ON TRAFFIC SPEEDS
• PROGRESS REPORT ON THE REACTION OF CALCIUM CHLORIDE ON PORTLAND CEMENT
• REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MAINTENANCE - TREATMENT OF ICY PAVEMENTS
• REPORT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON ROADSIDE DEVELOPMENT
• REPORT OF PROJECT COMMITTEE ON FILLERS AND CUSHION COURSES FOR BRICK AND BLOCK PAVEMENTS
• REPORT OF SUBCOMMITTEE ON MAINTENANCE OF CONCRETE PAVEMENT CRACKS AND EXPANSION JOINTS
• RULES OF THE ROAD IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
• SKIDDING CHARACTERISTICS OF ROAD SURFACES
• THE ECONOMY OF HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS
• THE EFFECT OF CONTROL METHODS ON TRAFFIC FLOW-TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS AT SEVENTEENTH STREET AND CONSTITUTION AVENUE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
• THE ENGINEERING VALUATION OF HIGHWAY SYSTEMS - A PROBLEM IN PUBLIC UTILITIES VALUATION
• THE PHOTOGRAPHIC METHOD OF STUDYING TRAFFIC BEHAVIOR
• THE TAXATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN 1932
• WEATHERING TESTS ON CONCRETE