URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN THE U.S. AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW. PART 2

The article continues with a review of approximately 50 years of urban transport planning history. As planning for the interstate highway system was being completed, attention turned to increasing the productivity and efficiency of existing facilities. In planning for new major regional transport facilities, many urban areas had neglected maintaining and upgrading other facilities. However, environmental concerns, the difficulty of building inner city freeways, renewed interest in urban mass transit and the energy crisis gave added impetus to the focus on more immediate problems. Signs were becoming evident of the changing emphasis to shorter-term time horizons and the corridor level in transport planning. Gradually, planning shifted to maximizing use of the existing system with a minimum of new construction. Further, the connection was strengthened between long-term planning and the programming of projects. (TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • WEINER, E
• Publication Date: 1985-1-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 19-48
• Serial:
  • Transport Reviews
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISSN: 0144-1647
  • EISSN: 1464-5327
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ttrv20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Federal government; Financing; Freight transportation; History; Planning; Policy; Public transit; Transportation; Transportation planning; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Government policies
• ITRD Terms: 244: Financing; 741: Goods traffic; 183: Government (national); 9096: History; 143: Planning; 173: Policy; 744: Public transport; 1155: Transport; 313: Urban area; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: History; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00452084
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1985 12:00AM