TOURIST TRAFFIC ON FEDERAL GERMAN MAIN ROAD - STUDIES OF A METHOD OF FORECASTING TOTAL NUMBERS OF VEHICLES
IT IS NO LONGER SUFFICIENT TO BASE LONG TERM FORECASTS OF TRAFFIC ON THEORETICAL INCREASES IN VEHICLES AND ROAD CAPACITY; THE BEHAVIOUR OF MAN AND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS HAVE TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE FOR DETERMINING THE TOTAL LOADING OF THE ROAD NETWORK BY TOURIST TRAFFIC; FORECASTS OF THIS MUST CONSIDER NUMBER OF JOURNEYS MADE, CHOICE OF TRANSPORT MODE, POPULATION, AND JOURNEY FREQUENCY. BY 1990 IT IS EXPECTED THAT DURING THE MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST TOURIST TRAFFIC WILL AMOUNT TO ABOUT 45 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VEHICLES ON THE ROADS. RESULTS OF STUDIES OF JOURNEYS MADE BY THE GERMAN PEOPLE AND FOREIGN TOURISTS ARE EVALUATED AND BASED ON THESE RESULTS, THE STAGGERING OF HOLIDAYS IS RECOMMENDED, TOGETHER WITH THE PERIODIC CHECKING OF PLANNING PRINCIPLES AGAINST DEVELOPMENTS ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE. SEE ALSO IRRD ABSTRACT NO. 300450.
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Corporate Authors:
Federal Transport Ministry, West Germany
Bad Godesberg, Germany -
Authors:
- SCHAECHTERLE, K
- Braun, J
- Eckstein, W
- Siebrand, H
- Publication Date: 1971
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: 69 p.
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Serial:
- Issue Number: c-v1
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Highway capacity; Networks; Planning; Tourists; Traffic flow; Traffic forecasting; Travel patterns
- Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic patterns
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00228494
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
- Report/Paper Numbers: Textbook
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Feb 1 1974 12:00AM