"MANAGING" SUBURBAN TRAFFIC CONGESTION: A STRATEGY FOR SUBURBAN MOBILITY

The factors behind suburban office migration and suburban traffic congestion are examined, and the grassroots opposition to suburban commercial development and the resultant political pressures are noted. These responses to the problem are coalescing into a strategy called congestion management which combines a greater use of private financing, traffic operations innovations, demand management programs, and regulatory innovations. Implementing the strategy requires close cooperation between local government and the private sector, and a willingness to give the private sector greater voice in local transportation decision. The strategy also necessitates a professional re-orientation. The transportation professional must become more versatile in maintenance and the better utilization of existing facilities in order to meet the challenge of congestion.

• Record URL:
  https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015012659853?urlappend=%3Bseq=479
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• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  1250 I Street, NW, Suite 750
  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Authors:
  • Orski, K C
• Publication Date: 1987-10

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 457-476
• Serial:
  • Transportation Quarterly
  • Volume: 41
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0278-9434

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Financing; Highway traffic control; Local government; Private enterprise; Suburbs; Traffic congestion; Transportation planning
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00474846
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1987 12:00AM