POST WAR TRAVEL TRENDS IN THE SALT LAKE URBAN AREA

This paper focuses on examining the travel and, to a lesser extent, socio-economic characteristics in the Salt Lake Area as revealed in a Home Interview 1993 survey as well as through a comparison of various trends from the 1960s through the present. Short of drawing extensive conclusions regarding which trends are the cause or end product of other trends, this paper simply reports the observed conditions. In its simplest form, this paper reports strong growth in the Salt Lake Area, suburban land use patterns, predominant single occupant automobile travel, levels of traffic congestion which have been increasing, and a projected outlook for more of the same over the next twenty years. General topics discussed include personal travel characteristics and trends, regional travel characteristics and trends, land use trends, an outlook for the future, and finally a brief conclusion on the general implications which can be drawn.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398
• Authors:
  • Riffkin, M
  • Nepstad, J
• Conference:
  • Traffic Congestion and Traffic Safety in the 21st Century: Challenges, Innovations, and Opportunities
  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Date: 1997-6-8 to 1997-6-11
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 438-443

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Forecasting; Land use; Single occupant vehicles; Socioeconomic factors; Suburbs; Traffic congestion; Travel; Trend (Statistics); Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Salt Lake City (Utah)
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00739725
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0784402434
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1997 12:00AM