The Need for a Transportation Systems Approach

This chapter on the need for a transportation systems approach is from a textbook that presents an interdisciplinary approach to the issue of global preparedness from a transportation perspective. The author covers impediments to an integrated system of movement, modal bias, institutional protectionism and self-interest, social conditioning: a drive-thru society, dominance of motor vehicles in governmental planning and policy; spatial management and diet cities; the lack of consensus in the definition of terms; governmental responsibility usurping citizen responsibility; sustainability and security: conflicting goals of infrastructure risk; and transportation system elements, including a definition of organizational framework, transportation-based modal elements, the transportation systems network, modeling and simulation, forensic transportation logistics analysis. The author concludes that gridlock and sprawl are now impairing not only mobility and responsiveness but also the world's gross domestic product (GDP). Extended commuting patterns, delayed delivery of goods and services, impacted responsiveness to emergencies, decline in the quality of the biosphere and in the earth's sustainability, and increasing natural and man-made disasters require new approaches and solutions. The author maintains that envisioning the future through modeling and simulation offers an important tool to develop and create plans and initiatives that can offer solutions for improving the human condition and national preparedness.

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  Elsevier

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• Authors:
  • Bragdon, Clifford R
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: pp 35-70
• Monograph Title: Transportation Security

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior modification; Commuting; Data sharing; Disaster preparedness; Globalization; Highway safety; Information dissemination; Intermodal transportation; Logistics; Mobility; National security; Public transit; Railroads; Safety and security; Simulation; Social benefits; Social values; Sustainable development; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Lifestyle; Transportation infrastructure
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies; Transportation (General); I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01147254
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780750685498
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 28 2009 7:32AM