THE NEED FOR EVALUATION

The basic steps involved in the urban transportation planning process are reviewed, along with past efforts which to date have proved unsuccessful in establishing a viable public transportation system. From this review, the necessity for a meaningful evaluation of public transportation at all levels of government is apparent. For this purpose a conference was organized. Its objectives, as stated in this introduction to the proceedings, were as follows: (1) to provide all attendees with a better understanding of the perspectives and needs of the users, transit authority boards, planners, operators, and grantors; (2) to identify current approaches being used by each of these groups to evaluate performance; (3) to identify steps that need to be taken to provide information necessary to plan, design, operate, finance, and effectively evaluate public transportation; and (4) to identify research projects, complete with work statements, that are needed to increase the effectiveness of each of the groups as they interact to fulfill their respective roles.

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• Authors:
  • Heathington, Kenneth W
  • Graeub, W Campbell
• Conference:
  • Conference on the Research Needs for Evaluating Urban Public Transportation
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1974-4-3 to 1974-4-5
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: pp 3-5
• Monograph Title: RESEARCH NEEDS FOR EVALUATING URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 155
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Evaluation; Perspective views; Public transit; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099236
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 18 1981 12:00AM