DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTY MOBILITY INDICES

As concerns for energy shortages and the environment mount, attention in transportation is being directed towards alternatives to the automobile. Few practical techniques can, however, be used by transportation planners and decision-makers for analyzing the tradeoffs that must be made between modes. One approach for understanding the relationship between transportation modes is to quantify each mode and to combine these values into measure of transportation mobility. The resulting indicator would serve as a tool in transportation decision-making. The primary objective of this article was to identify parameters characterizing transportation systems at the county level and to combine them, using stepwise linear regression, into an overall transportation index which included highway, railroad, air, and water modes of transportation. A secondary objective in compiling the index was to make use of readily available data sources. Rather than engaging in costly and time-consuming data collection, the engineer or planner could use statistics that have already been published by government agencies and trade associations.

• Record URL:
  • https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021808756?urlappend=%3Bseq=489
• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  1250 I Street, NW, Suite 750
  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Authors:
  • Eck, R W
• Publication Date: 1978-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 471-487
• Serial:
  • Traffic Quarterly
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0041-0713

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highways; Level of service; Linear regression analysis; Mobility; Mode choice; Origin and destination; Transportation planning; Transportation system management
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00920103
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 20 2002 12:00AM