PANEL DISCUSSION: TRANSPORTATION ISSUES AND INFORMATION NEEDS IN THE 1990S

It is noted that as the urban area expands, more detail is needed. Census journey-to-work data can be used as a data base to meet the need to update inputs to models as well as to verify the stability of the parameters used in the models themselves. New planning issues have emerged at fewer scales of analysis including private sector provision of new infrastructure, traffic management of peak-hour congestion, parking, access to transit, and the provision of ridesharing and exclusive travelways for high-occupancy vehicles. These and other changing needs are noted, and it is thought that the census journey-to-work survey will be useful in addressing them. The comprehensiveness of the census journey-to-work data is noted. Additional data are needed in order to make the data base more relevant to current planning issues: these include information on the leaving and arrival time for the work trip and whether a work trip to the usual work location was made yesterday and all the modes of travel used (as opposed to the usual mode). Also, transit-agencies will be well served by a question asking whether any household member used transit yesterday for a nonwork transit trip. Above all, user-based geography is essential if the data are to be relevant to needs.

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  • Proceedings of the National Conference on Decennial Census Data for Transportation Planning, Orlando, Florida, December 9-12, 1984. For other Panel Discussions see TRIS 399336 and 399337. 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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• Authors:
  • Wickstrom, George V
• Conference:
  • National Conference on Decennial Census Data for Transportation Planning, 1984, Orlando, Florida, USA
  • Location: Orlando Florida, United States
  • Date: 1984-12-9 to 1984-12-12
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 135-136
• Monograph Title: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DECENNIAL CENSUS DATA FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 206
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Census; Coding systems; Conferences; Geographic information systems; Geography; Highway traffic control; Mathematical models; Needs assessment; Private enterprise; Public transit; Transportation planning; Urban transportation; Work trips
• Uncontrolled Terms: Data; Models; User needs
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00399335
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Part V
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 31 1988 12:00AM