TRANSPORTATION INNOVATION TO SERVE URBAN NEEDS

THE ARTICLE EXAMINES THE DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING INNOVATIONS WHICH TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FOLLOWING FACTORS (1) TRAVEL HABITS GENERATED BY NEW URBAN SITUATIONS, (2) THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES, (3) THE MANNER IN WHICH THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOMINANT TECHNIQUES AFFECT SOCIOECONOMIC GROUPS, AND (4) THE MANNER IN WHICH A CRISIS SITUATION AND AVAILABLE TECHNICAL RESOURCES ARE NECESSARY PRECONDITIONS OF MAJOR INNOVATIONS. THE DOMINANT ROLE IN INNOVATION PLAYED BY SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS DISCUSSED UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS - SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION; THE AIMS OF INNOVATION; THE PRINCIPAL NEW SYSTEMS; THE MAIN PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED; AND, INNOVATION AND PLANNING.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Athens Center for Ekistics

  P.O. Box 471
  Athens 13L,   Greece 
• Authors:
  • Bieber, A
• Publication Date: 1974-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 433-438
• Serial:
  • Ekistics
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 223
  • Publisher: Athens Technological Organization
  • ISSN: 0013-2942

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Control; Development; Economics; Energy; Future; Innovation; Planning; Policy; Public transit; Rapid transit; Socioeconomic factors; Sociology; Technology; Transportation modes; Transportation planning; Travel patterns; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• ITRD Terms: 3874: Control; 9013: Development; 255: Economics; 1152: Future transport mode; 143: Planning; 173: Policy; 2253: Sociology; 3855: Technology; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00083272
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 8 1982 12:00AM