SOME PERSPECTIVES ON CONGESTION: THE EMERGING MISSION OF MODERN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS

Travel demand in the U.S. continues its steady growth, vastly outstripping the ability of state DOTs and the underlying will of their bodies politic to match this growth with capacity supply. The inevitable result is congestion, which is spreading everywhere in both time and space. A series of national policies and programs have grown up, including congestion management systems, special funding categories, interest in congestion pricing schemes, and the application of advanced technologies such as intelligent transportation systems to deal with this phenomenon. As a result, coping with congestion has emerged as a major mission of a modern state DOT, joining the ranks of the others.

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Features: Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: p. 121-124

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00721861
  • Record Type: Publication
  • ISBN: 0965231003
  • Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
  • Created Date: Jun 11 1996 12:00AM