SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING METHODS

This sourcebook is intended as a reference for the use of transportation planners in determining what publications, training courses, etc., are available from the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) or the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation to help solve analysis problems related to urban transportation. This report is an updated and expanded version of an earlier publication and plans are to review and redistribute it annually. Each reference cited includes a description of the material and specifically how to obtain it. This sourcebook provides information in the following subject areas: UMTA/FHWA Training Courses; UTPS, PLANPAC and Microcomputer Programs; Transportation Planning -- General; Data Collection & Inventories; Trip Generation and Distribution/Modal Split; Trip Assignment; General Demand Estimation; System Evaluation; Environmental Impact; Land Use; Other Planning Techniques; Impacts of Rail Rapid Transit; Transportation for Elderly & Handicapped Persons; Transit Operations Management; Transportation System Management (TSM) Planning; and Energy.

• Corporate Authors:

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1983-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 44 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Bibliographies; Computer programs; Environmental impacts; Land use; Persons with disabilities; Planning; Rapid transit; Training; Transportation planning; Transportation system management; Travel demand; Urban transportation
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00373813
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-URT-41-83-3, URT-41-83-3
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 30 1983 12:00AM