TRANSPORT PLANNING AND THE POLICY-MODELLING INTERFACE

Evidence of the inability of transport models to elucidate policy is cited and reasons for this weakness are then suggested. Attention is drawn to the fundamental changes in both opinion and policy currently taking place. There is less concern with accessibility per se and rather more concern with the provision of adequate or minimum accessibility for certain social groups. More emphasis is placed also on the environmental aspects of transportation. The implications of these changes are outlined. It is not at all clear that the need to adapt and up-date models is appreciated widely enough. Finally, it is considered whether fundamantal changes in methdology may help to make transport models more responsive to policy needs.

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  Radarweg 29
  Amsterdam,   Netherlands  1043 NX
• Authors:
  • STARKIE, DNM
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 323-334
• Serial:
  • Transportation (Netherlands)
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
  • ISSN: 0049-4488

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Environment; Interfaces; Mathematical models; Policy; Public transit; Simulation; Transportation planning; Transportation policy; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Government policies; Sociological apsects
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00083083
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: TRANSPORTATION
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 8 1981 12:00AM