ORLANDO CHANGES DIRECTION: FROM BELTWAY TO BUSWAY

This paper reports on the long-range phase of an overall urban area transportation study in a three-county area centered on Orlando, Florida. The paper focuses on a major shift in perspective regarding solutions to future travel demand problems. Discussed are five transportation system alternatives with various combinations of automobile-oriented and transit-oriented sytems and two major aspects of the study methodology: (a) the formulation of a land use sketch plan designed to be more compatible with a future transit system and (b) the development of a disutility modal-split model based on transit attitudes. Transportation system alternatives are defined and the evaluation and public involvement processes that led to the selection of a preferred alternative plan are described. The implementation of the plan through a short-range transition period is described, and eight major conclusions and observations are given. /Author/

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• Authors:
  • Lee, James W
  • Grovdahl, David L
  • Gersten, Marvin C
  • Sucher, Peter O
• Conference:
  • 56th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1977-1-24 to 1977-1-28
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 15-21
• Monograph Title: Bus service planning
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 626
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Busways; Land use planning; Modal split; Public participation; Transportation; Travel demand; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation systems
• Geographic Terms: Orlando (Florida)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00167591
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309026512
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 16 1981 12:00AM