URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING' TRAFFIC ESTIMATION
THE NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IS DUE TO RAPID GROWTH IN URBAN POPULATION AND INCREASING PERSONAL INCOMES COMBINED WITH UNSATISFACTORY CONDITIONS FOR BOTH CAR AND TRANSIT TRAFFIC. THE MAIN STEPS IN THE METHODOLOGY USED IN COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ARE THE FOLLOWING' /1/ DATA COLLECTION, /2/ DEVELOPMENT OF RELATIONSHIPS, /3/ DETERMINATION OF FUTURE LAND USE, CAR OWNERSHIP, ETC., /4/ PROPOSALS FOR THE FUTURE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, /5/ CALCULATION OF FUTURE TRAFFIC FLOWS, AND /6/ EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS FOR FUTURE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. THIS OUTLINE FOR THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS IS DISCUSSED, AND A GENERAL DESCRIPTION GIVEN OF THE FOUR PHASES IN THE TRAFFIC ESTIMATION PROCEDURE' TRIP GENERATION, TRIP DISTRIBUTION, MODAL SPLIT AND TRAFFIC ASSIGNMENT. A PARTICULAR TRAFFIC ASSIGNMENT PROGRAM DEVELOPED AND TESTED BY THE AUTHOR WAS DESCRIBED.
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Eno Transportation Foundation
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Authors:
- Overgaard, K R
- Publication Date: 1967-4
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 197-218
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Serial:
- Traffic Quarterly
- Volume: 21
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
- ISSN: 0041-0713
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automobiles; Data collection; Estimates; Forecasting; Income; Land use; Modal split; Ownership; Population growth; Traffic; Traffic assignment; Traffic flow; Traffic forecasting; Transportation; Transportation planning; Trip generation; Urban transportation
- Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation systems
- Old TRIS Terms: Land use forecasting
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Transportation (General);
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00227668
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 15 2004 2:33AM