FUTURIST'S PERSPECTIVE ON URBAN TRANSPORTATION

Comments concerning urban transportation emphasizing societal futures are made. Issues commented on are: mankind's transformation (rate of world population growth and gross world product); requirement for policies that are reasonable; societal attitudes toward issues associated with protecting the environment; the quality of life and standard of living; control of the economy by the year 2000; social limits to growth; energy becoming inexpensive; emphasis on the automobile for urban transportation; low density housing; and the role played by people and governmental agencies in the energy problem. The problem of generating electric power which is largely an environmental risk issue (the side effects of using coal and nuclear power) and the shortage of liquid fuels are emphasized.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Aspen Conference on Future Urban Transportation, Aspen, Colorado, June 3, 1979.
• Corporate Authors:

  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  7000 East Avenue
  Livermore, CA  United States  94550
• Authors:
  • Kahn, H
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Demographics; Economic factors; Energy; Energy consumption; Environmental protection; Forecasting; Social factors; Standard of living
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Environment; Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00349725
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Conf Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 1982 12:00AM