URBAN DECENTRALIZATION AND THE ROLE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

The overall purpose of the study is to explore the opportunities and difficulties that are likely to occur during the near-term if a transition is to be made in terms of the "future directions of public transportation." The study examines the recent transportation planning and implementation experience in a number of urban areas in order to discern how well urban America is prepared for a likely future scenario of continued population decentralization.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also report dated Dec 78, PB-292 781, and PB82-114836.
• Corporate Authors:

  Polytechnic Institute of New York

  Transportation Training and Research Center, 33 Jay Street
  Brooklyn, NY  United States  11201

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Bloch, A J
  • Pignataro, L J
• Publication Date: 1981-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 100 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decentralization; Land use; Level of service; Population growth; Public transit; Suburbs; Transportation planning; Urban areas; Urban growth; Urban population; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Services
• Geographic Terms: Atlanta (Georgia); Boston (Massachusetts); California; Florida; Georgia; Massachusetts; New York (State); Rochester (New York); San Jose (California); Tampa (Florida)
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00346133
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-NY-11-0023-81-4Final Rpt.
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 22 1982 12:00AM