FORECASTING RAPID EXCAVATION DEMANDS IN THE URBAN SECTOR

The paper describes efforts made since the 1972 Rapid Excavation Conference in Chicago to generate more thoughtful and more robust estimates of urban sector demands, and to apply what has been learned to the most difficult category of predictions: those for urban mass transit systems. A modest sample survey has been undertaken of demands by major category in three key american Urban areas: New York, Los angels, and Minneapolis-St. Paul. This is the only empirical effort going on to establish comprehensive benchmarks for present and future activity in these major metropolitan areas. From the data collected it should be possible to estimate propensities to spend in other cities for the important urban utilities.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference, San Francisco, Calif., June 24-27, 1974.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Newcomb, R
• Conference:
  • Presented at the Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference, San Francisco, Calif., June 24-27, 1974.
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 325-330
• Serial:
  • Volume: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Forecasting; Rapid transit; Subways; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Subject Areas: Construction; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00129118
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proc Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 19 1981 12:00AM