EFFECTS OF DENSITY ON URBAN TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS

THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE URBAN COMPLEX IS AN IMPORTANT DETERMINANT OF URBAN SHAPE, STRUCTURE, AND TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS. POPULATION DENSITY INFLUENCES BOTH TRAVEL PATTERNS AND LAND USE CONFIGURATIONS. TRADITIONALLY, DENSITY HAS BEEN CLOSELY RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS--EVEN TODAY THE IMPACTS AND INTEREFFECTS ARE APPARENT. THE CONCEPT OF DENSITY BEST CHARACTERIZES THE CHANGE IN URBAN STRUCTURE THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES. SOME OF THE PERTINENT INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN POPULATION DENSITY AND URBAN TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS, ON A CITY-TO-CITY BASIS, AND WITHIN GIVEN CITIES ARE ANALYZED. DENSITY-TRAVEL ANALYSES DEVELOPED TO DATE ARE REVIEWED. REGIONAL AND HISTORICAL EFFECTS ON POPULATION DENSITY, DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF URBAN DENSITY, AND DENSITY IMPLICATIONS ON TOTAL PERSON AND VEHICULAR TRIP GENERATION, CAR OWNERSHIP, TRAVEL MODE, TRANSIT PATRONAGE, AND FREEWAY IMPACTS ARE ANALYZED. /AUTHOR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 2, pp 38-64, 11FIG, 20TAB, 21 REF 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
• Authors:
  • Levinson, Herbert S
  • Wynn, F Houston
• Publication Date: 1963

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 38-64
• Monograph Title: Community values as affected by transportation
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Density; Freeways; Land use; Ownership; Physical distribution; Population; Transportation; Travel; Travel patterns; Trip generation; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Freeway usage
• Subject Areas: Economics; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00239782
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jan 23 1994 12:00AM