MODEL FOR IMPROVING TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DECISION-MAKING

THE PURPOSE OF THIS INVESTIGATION WAS TO EXAMINE THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS BY WHICH TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DECISIONS ARE MADE IN URBAN AREAS AND TO DEVELOP A METHODOLOGY THAT COULD BE USED TO ANALYZE AND IMPROVE EXISTING DECISION-MAKING PROCEDURES. A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF DECISION-MAKING WAS CONSTRUCTED THAT IDENTIFIED THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DECISION-MAKING SYSTEM AS CONSISTING OF THREE ELEMENTS: TRAFFIC ENGINEERING FUNCTIONS, DECISION-MAKING PARTICIPANTS, AND THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS. THE ELEMNTS INTERACT WITHIN BOUNDARIES ESTABLISHED BY A SERIES OF EXTERNAL CONSTRAINTS. THE DECISION PROCESS IN 17 CITIES WERE REVIEWED THROUGH EXTENSIVE PERSONAL INTERVIEWS THAT WERE CONDUCTED WITH TRAFFIC ENGINEERS, CITY OFFICIALS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. ON THE BASIS OF THIS ANALYSIS, IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE CONCEPTUAL MODEL PROVIDED A MEANS OF DESCRIBING AND EVALUATING DECISION-MAKING TECHNIQUES USED BY TRAFFIC ENGINEERS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES. /AUTHOR/

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• Authors:
  • Lipinski, Martin E
• Conference:
  • 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1973-1-22 to 1973-1-26
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 45-56
• Monograph Title: Effectiveness of traffic operational measures
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 461
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Decision making; Evaluation; Innovation; Interviewing; Mathematical models; Methodology; Traffic engineering; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Concepts
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226831
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309021944
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 20 1974 12:00AM