WHO ARE THE USERS?: A PERSON ORIENTED VIEW OF AUSTRALIAN TRAVELERS . NATIONAL TRANSPORT CONFERENCE; TRANSPORT FOR THE USERS; MELBOURNE, 23-25 MAY 1989; PREPRINT OF PAPERS

"users" of transport are perceived differently by the different players in the overall process. Some of these have vehicle movements and their consequences as primary goals, others have person movements, others commodity flows. The emphasis on estimating road capacity requirements for the future has led to a heavy emphasis on the geographical movement aspects of transport survey information. Evaluation procedures have not entirely followed this to the full. There has been a steady increase in understanding of the needs and impacts on a wider range of users. Better projections of their needs, impacts and likely behaviour are increasingly necessary for effective and responsible management of the amalgam of construction, regulation and service provision that now forms transport planning and provision. New and helpful insights emerge from existing data when there is a shift in emphasis in analysis towards user characteristics instead of vehicle movements. Alterations in the balance are considered between the current need to understand the users and their present and likely future travel, location and activity behaviours and the shift to rather different forms of information requirements -and by implication these should now affect evaluation and appraisal procedures and forecasting requirements (a). For the covering record of the conference, see IRRD no 814837.

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  Barton, A.C.T.,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • WIGAN, M R
• Publication Date: 1989-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1-8
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Australian Road Research Board
  • Issue Number: 89/7
  • Publisher: ARRB
  • ISSN: 1445-4467

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Behavior; Conferences; Data collection; Demand; Environment; Expenditures; Females; Households; Impacts; Males; Peak periods; Planning; Private transportation; Public transit; Rates; Taxicabs; Transportation; Transportation modes; Travel; Travel time; Trip length
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00499458
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0-85825-461-1
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM