DUAL MODE PLANNING CASE STUDY, ORANGE COUNTY. VOLUME 2: METHODOLOGY

The objectives of this case study are: To provide a feedback to the design effort covering potential problems, critical parameters, and the cost effectiveness of alternative configurations and operating strategies; To produce a documented planning methodology in a "how-to" vein which would be transferable to others for the purpose of planning for such transit systems; and To exercise the UMTA Transportation Planning System (UTPS) of planning software, to identify and overcome any weaknesses in the software, and to document this for others.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1, PB80-180516. Prepared in cooperation with Dave Systems, Inc., San Francisco, CA., DTM, Inc., Bethesda, MD., and VTM, Inc.
• Corporate Authors:

  Voorhees (Alan M) and Associates, Incorporated

  Cambridge, MA  United States 

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Costinett, P
  • Hansen, W G
  • O'Doherty, J
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 381 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Cost effectiveness; Demand; Design; Dual mode transportation systems; Software; Supply; Systems analysis; Systems engineering; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: California; Wisconsin
• Old TRIS Terms: Strategy; Supply economics
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00314066
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-VA-06-0030-80-2
• Contract Numbers: UMTA-UT-40029
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 5 2002 12:00AM