TRANSIT PLANNING IN METROPOLITAN SEATTLE: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. FINAL REPORT

The document provides a historical overview of trends in transit planning to casing on the experiences of Seattle, Washington as a case study. It focuses on the period from the 1940's to the present, detailing major transit initiatives and the planning process which led to them. The document includes a detailed chronological review of events affecting transportation planning, both in Seattle and nationwide.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Washington, Seattle

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, P.O. Box 352700
  Seattle, WA  United States  98195-2700

  Office of the Secretary of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle-METRO

  821 2nd Avenue
  Seattle, WA  United States  98104
• Authors:
  • Malm, R F
• Publication Date: 1986-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 71 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; History; Transportation planning; Trend (Statistics)
• Geographic Terms: Seattle (Washington)
• Subject Areas: History; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00468846
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-SRP-86-1
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 31 1988 12:00AM