ANALYSIS OF URBAN TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA

The criteria should accurately account for the quality of the transportation service, accessibility to various land-use opportunities, economic efficiency, system and traffic characteristics, community disruption, pollution of the environmental, adaptability to changes in technology and travel behavior, and esthetic quality of transportation facilities. The results of an attitudinal survey conducted by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) indicate that individuals can adequately rank well-defined criteria. The examination of the criteria ranks by population groups of different socioeconomic characteristics shows no larger variations from the ranking by the total population in the sample. The DVRPC survey indicates that safety and security is the most important criterion in transportation, followed by reliability, air pollution, travel time, preservation of neighborhood, comfort, noise pollution, esthetics, job opportunities, transfers, duration of service, construction cost, and shopping opportunities.

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• Authors:
  • Zakaria, T
• Publication Date: 1975-8

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 521-536
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transportation Engineering
  • Volume: 101
  • Issue Number: TE3
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-947X
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.aip.org/teo

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aesthetics; Air pollution; Analysis; Attitudes; Comfort; Commuter service; Environmental impacts; Noise; Passenger security; Passenger service; Pollution control; Rapid transit; Regional planning; Reliability; Safety; Scheduling; Security; Shopping trips; Social values; Transportation planning; Travel budgets; Travel costs; Travel time; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Criteria
• Old TRIS Terms: Community values; Shopper transportation
• Subject Areas: Environment; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00126428
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering
• Report/Paper Numbers: 11496 Proc Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 5 1981 12:00AM