TRAFFIC INTERACTANCE BETWEEN CITIES
THE MAJORITY OF RESEARCH WORK IN TRAFFIC-DEMAND EVALUATION AND PROJECTION IN THE UNITED STATES NATURALLY AND PROPERLY HAS BEEN BASED ON A GIVEN LARGE CITY OR A SINGLE METROPOLITAN COMPLEX. THE UNIQUE FEATURE OF THE STUDY COVERED BY THIS PAPER IS THAT IT EVALUATES THE TRAFFIC INTERACTANCE OR EXCHANGE BETWEEN FIVE INDEPENDENT CITIES AND TOWNS, REMOTE FROM EACH OTHER, BUT IN THE SAME VICINITY. A GROUP OF INDEPENDENT CITIES IN THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA ARE EXPANDING AND GROWING TOWARD EACH OTHER, TENDING TO FORM A METROPOLITAN COMPLEX. THEIR MUTUAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIOLOGICAL AFFINITY IS GREAT AND IS INCREASING. THESE CITIES ARE GREENSBORO, WINSTON-SALEM, HIGH POINT, THOMASVILLE AND LEXINGTON, VARYING IN POPULATION FROM 125,000 DOWN TO 16,500 (EST. 1958). THEIR NATURE IS PRIMARILY INDUSTRIAL AND DISTRIBUTION. COMBINED, THEY SEEM TO BE FORMING A NEW INTERRELATED BUT MULTI-CENTERED COMMUNITY. IN COOPERATION WITH THE URBAN STUDIES PROGRAM (INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA), AN AREA ORIGIN-DESTINATION STUDY WAS MADE TO REVEAL THE TRAFFIC INTERACTANCE BETWEEN THESE CITIES. A RELIABLE EXPRESSION OF THE GRAVITY MODEL WAS DEVELOPED INVOLVING ONLY POPULATION AND DISTANCE, AND THIS FORMULA WAS APPLIED TO ALL CITY PAIRS IN THE STATE FOR LONG-RANGE TRAFFIC ESTIMATION PURPOSES. COORDINATE STUDIES BY THE USP INCLUDE OTHER ASPECTS, INCLUDING LAND USE, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC, GOVERNMENTAL, AND SOCIOLOGICAL TRENDS AND RELATIONSHIPS. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
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Authors:
- Burch, James S
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Conference:
- 40th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 1961-1-9 to 1961-1-13
- Publication Date: 1961
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Pagination: 4p
- Monograph Title: Forecasting Highway Trips
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Serial:
- Highway Research Board Bulletin
- Issue Number: 297
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: City planning; Distance; Economic factors; Gravity models; Land use; Origin and destination; Politics; Population movements; Social factors; Surveys; Traffic volume
- Old TRIS Terms: Economic considerations; Land use surveys
- Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00225253
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Aug 12 1994 12:00AM