ENFORCEMENT AS A CONSIDERATION IN TSM PLANNING

With the recent focus in transportation planning on obtaining more efficient use of the existing transportation system, many agencies unaccustomed to playing a major role in transportation planning and implementation are of critical importance in successful project development. This paper examines the role (and the obstacles of playing such a role) of enforcement agencies in the transportation system management planning process. Two transportation projects in Boston--a preferential lane on an expressway and a center city automobile-restricted zone--are described and used to illustrate the importance of enforcement in successful project implementation. The paper concludes that several institutional barriers hinder effective police participation in the project planning process. In general, police representation somewhere in the project development process was deemed necessary by police officials. In the case of Boston, the police agencies provided useful technical information to project planners. Strong enforcement should begin immediately at project initiation and then taper off to be reapplied when necessary. It is recommended that local transportation agencies provide opportunities for police participation in project planning, with the needed financial support if necessary. Also, the U. S. Department of Transportation should modify existing transportation programs (or seek the legislative changes needed to do so) so that enforcement activities can be funded. Technical information should be provided to both transportation planners and police officials on the role that enforcement has in transportation project development. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • Meyer, Michael D
  • Sheldon-Dean, James
• Conference:
  • 60th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1981-1-12 to 1981-1-16
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 83-90
• Monograph Title: Transportation system management, parking, enforcement and other issues
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 816
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: High occupancy vehicle lanes; Pedestrian areas; Police traffic services; Programming (Planning); Traffic lanes; Traffic law enforcement; Transportation planning; Transportation system management
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fund allocations
• Old TRIS Terms: Reserved lanes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00345955
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309032571
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 27 1982 12:00AM