TRAVELER RESPONSE TO TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM CHANGES - A HANDBOOK FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS

Transportation planners and decisionmakers need an understanding of how travelers respond to changes in the urban transportation system if they are to correctly identify the most favorable opportunities to maximize beneficial use of highways and transit operations. Traveler response to the following 10 types of transportation change are investigated: pool/bus priority lanes, variable work hours, carpooling encouragement activities, buspools/vanpools, area auto restraints, auto facility pricing, transit scheduling/frequency, bus routing/coverage, transit fare changes, and transit marketing/amenities.

• Corporate Authors:

  Pratt (RH) Associates, Incorporated

  10400 Connecticut Avenue
  Kensington, MD  United States  20795

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Highway Planning, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Pratt, R H
  • Pedersen, N J
  • Mather, J J
• Publication Date: 1977-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 283 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus lanes; Bus priority; Carpools; Consumer behavior; Decision making; Fares; Guidelines; Handbooks; Marketing; Public transit; Routes; Scheduling; Staggered work hours; Traffic engineering; Transportation operations; Travel demand; Urban areas; Urban transportation; Vanpools
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation management
• Old TRIS Terms: Reserved routes; User reactions
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00154816
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/HHP-22-8479 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-8479
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 17 1981 12:00AM