TRAVEL RESTRAINTS IN CITY CENTERS: THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

While travel restraints that inhibit or restrict car use in city centers have been used increasingly in Europe and Asia, such proposals have not proved popular for most American city centers. Special physical, economic and political circumstances, limited street congestion, a high degree of auto-dependency, private sector investment requirements, and community perceptions have mitigated against central city traffic restraint. Experience with transit priority lanes, pedestrian and transit streets, cessation of highway construction, parking management, road and bridge tolls, and establishment of auto-free zones have all been utilized. The experience with each of these is discussed. It is concluded that widespread adoption of major traffic restraints is unlikely in view of the structure of American cities.

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  • https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021808616?urlappend=%3Bseq=283
• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  1250 I Street, NW, Suite 750
  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Authors:
  • Levinson, H S
• Publication Date: 1983-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 277-288
• Serial:
  • Transportation Quarterly
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0278-9434

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus lanes; Central business districts; Parking facilities; Parking regulations; Tolls; Traffic restraint; Transit malls; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Vehicle restrictions; Zone
• Old TRIS Terms: Parking restrictions
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00373702
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 1983 12:00AM