IMPROVING THE APPROACH TO TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT

More basic than the decision to 'improve old or make new' is the need to specify achievable transport objectives. This is difficult within existing organizational structures but without objectives it is impossible to measure real improvement or specify real problems. Four of the transport issues derived from an Australian transport research forum survey are discussed. They include the need to manage the existing infrastructure better, funding and commonwealth state - industrial relations. Financial resources limit the potential for adding to what we have. Basic guidelines for the future include the need to determine a set of integrated social objectives and to improve the existing transport infrastructure and its organization. Our problems relate more to man's emotions than to his intelligence. (TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented at Transportation Conference, Adelaide, November 14-16, 1979.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Engineers

  11 National Circuit
  Barton, A.C.T.,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • McPherson, T M
• Conference:
  • This paper was presented at Transportation Conference, Adelaide, November 14-16, 1979.
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 111-115

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Conferences; Financing; Planning; Social factors; Strategic planning; Transportation; Transportation operations; Transportation planning
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• Old TRIS Terms: Transportation administration
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 8006: Australia; 8525: Conference; 244: Financing; 143: Planning; 1155: Transport
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00309145
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0 85825 119 1
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 79/11 Conf Paper
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 26 1980 12:00AM