TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT: PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION

Transportation demand management (TDM) is the art of modifying travel behavior, usually to avoid more costly expansion of the transportation system. TDM is not a panacea, but it can help ease some transportation problems. TDM requires the cooperation of many actors, who may include developers; landowners; employers; business associations; and municipal, county, regional, and state levels of government. This article reviews new TDM organizational forms, including transportation management associations, trip reduction ordinances, and negotiated public-private agreements. More flexible approaches appear to work best. TDM evaluation is difficult, because reduction in trip generation rates, i.e., relative changes in travel demand, are not easy to measure. Evidence suggests that TDM can be appllied in a wide variety of situations, with equally variable, and sometimes quite good, overall results. TDM strategies that often have proven to be effective include on-site employee transportation coordination, parking management provisions, and alternative work schedules.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Planning Association

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  Chicago, IL  United States  60637-2897
• Authors:
  • Ferguson, E
• Publication Date: 1990

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 442-456
• Serial:
  • Journal of the American Planning Association
  • Volume: 56
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Planning Association
  • ISSN: 0194-4363
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpa20/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Employers; Governments; Hours of labor; Private enterprise; Transportation management associations; Transportation planning; Travel demand; Travel demand management; Trip generation
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00602898
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 31 1990 12:00AM