TOURIST TRAFFIC IN SMALL HISTORIC CITIES: ANALYSIS, STRATEGIES, AND RECOMMENDATIONS. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The report summarizes the state of the art in reference to transportation to and within small cities with historic/scenic sites. It postulates a field of tourist travel having five components: travel behavior; impacts on communities and areas arising from that behavior; alternative strategies for dealing with those impacts; projects and policies chosen from these alternatives; and an institutional system within which these activities occur.

• Corporate Authors:

  Tufts University

  Department of Civil Engineering
  Medford, MA  United States  03824

  Department of Transportation

  Office of University Research, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Teal, R
  • Wood, E J
  • Loudon, W
• Publication Date: 1976-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 23 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic impacts; Historic preservation; Local government; Policy; Recreation; Scenic highways; Small cities; Social impacts; State of the art studies; Tourism; Travel; Travel patterns; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Community consequences
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; History; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00150469
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT/TST-77/2 Tech Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-50045
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 15 1981 12:00AM