CHARACTERISTICS OF URBAN TRANSPORTATION DEMAND: A NEW DATA BANK

The Characteristics of Urban Transportation Demand is the third manual in an ongoing Urban Mass Transportation Administration-Federal Highway Administration series designed to provide real-world information for practicing transportation professionals. The manual is a single reference source on the characteristics of urban transportation demand. This paper reviews the manual's objectives, sources, content, and structure and illustrates how it can be used for inputs to and cross-checks of the long-range urban transportation planning process. The manual sets forth important controls for the number, type, and length of trips, as well as for freeway and rail transit use. Rail transit ridership, for example, relies closely on the number of people crossing the downtown cordon and on the number of workers in the central business district. (Author)

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  • This paper appeared in TRB Research Record No. 673, Transportation Forecasting and Travel Behavior. Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Passenger Travel Demand Forecasting and Committee on Traveler Behavior and Values. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Levinson, Herbert S
• Publication Date: 1978

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 53-59
• Monograph Title: Transportation forecasting and travel behavior
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 673
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Central business districts; Forecasting; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Ridership; Transportation planning; Travel demand; Travel patterns; Trip length; Trip purpose; Urban transportation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00195991
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 30 1983 12:00AM