URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN THE UNITED STATES. AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW. THIRD REVISION

The evolution of urban transportation planning over the last fifty years is described in this updated version of "Evolution of Urban Transportation Planning", published in 1979 as Chapter 15 in Public Transportation: Planning, Operations and Management. It focuses on key events in the evolution of urban transportation planning such as developments in technical procedures, philosophy, processes and institutions, as well as changes in legislation, policy, regulations and technology. It contains many additions and some revisions to the earlier edition.

• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60992
• Corporate Authors:

  Asst Secretary for Policy & International Affairs

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Office of the Secretary of Transportation

  Technology Sharing Program, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • WEINER, E
• Publication Date: 1988-9

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 226 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Evolution; History; Legislation; Regulations; Technology; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Environment; History; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00477642
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-T-88-26
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 30 2003 12:00AM