PORTLAND TRANSIT MALL TRAFFIC EFFECTS ANALYSIS

The Traffic Effects Analysis was limited by the geographic scope in that many Transit Mall impacts may be more significant to the regional transportation system than to downtown traffic circulation. The most noticeable impacts are the decreased vehicle miles of travel for both cars and buses and the significant increase in transit travel speeds, though these speeds could probably have been increased without construction of a full Mall. Various kinds of surveys and added data collection efforts may have proven useful to separate the effects of gasoline price increases, inflation, increased route coverage and service, downtown growth and short-term social and behavioral changes.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Kruger, G E
• Publication Date: 1983-6

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 24-28
• Serial:
  • ITE Journal
  • Volume: 53
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
  • ISSN: 0162-8178
  • Serial URL: https://www.ite.org/publications/ite-journal/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Central business districts; Data analysis; Data collection; Data reduction; Highway traffic control; Information processing; Regional planning; Speed; Speed control; Traffic restraint; Transit malls; Transportation; Travel demand
• Geographic Terms: Portland (Oregon)
• Old TRIS Terms: Transit travel
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00388796
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1984 12:00AM