WORKSHOP ON STRATEGIC PLANNING. ISSUES IN STRATEGIC PLANNING
An implicit assumption in transportation has been that there is temporal stability in travel behavior relationships. However, shifts are occuring in many of the implicit elements. Travel habits of women have changed as their role in society has shifted. Automobile ownership and operating costs have risen in real terms, affecting not only mode choice but also decisions regarding trip length and destination. The transportation issue that has the greatest public attention is the cost and supply of transportation energy, especially gasoline. Data suggest a continued trend to low-density living, although signs of a moderation or reversal may possilby be discerned. Age is related to individual travel patterns, as is the shift in population from the northeast and north central regions to the South and West. Cities of the North and East developed at densities that permit reasonable transit service and have established transit systems. New cities lack both transit systems and population densities conducive to transit use. In contrast to general assumptions, many central business districts are growing rapidly in office space and the trend is expected to continue. The most rapid growth has occurred in suburban regions where trip patterns differ from those in cities. Many freeways constructed under the Interstate program will be reaching the end of their design life during the 1980s, requiring major reconstruction and maintenance. Telecommunications may come to substitute for work trips and other travel. While existing methodologies are applicable to some of the impending planning problems, others will have to be addressed by techniques that are not presently widely adopted. In allocation of costs or benefits, demand forecasting is not the primary product, but an intermediate step. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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- Proceedings of a conference held October 3-7, 1982, Easton, Maryland.
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Authors:
- Spielberg, Frank
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Conference:
- Conference on Travel Analysis Methods for the 1980s
- Location: Easton Maryland, United States
- Date: 1982-10-3 to 1982-10-7
- Publication Date: 1983
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Pagination: pp 12-16
- Monograph Title: TRAVEL ANALYSIS METHODS FOR THE 1980S
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Board Special Report
- Issue Number: 201
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0360-859X
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Analysis; Automobile ownership; Forecasting; Mode choice; Public transit; Stability (Mechanics); Suburbs; Transportation planning; Travel behavior; Urban transportation; Work trips
- Old TRIS Terms: Analytical method; Modal selection
- Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00390194
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Oct 30 1984 12:00AM