TRAVEL DEMAND MANAGEMENT INNOVATION AND RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM: SETTING A STRATEGIC AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE, NOVEMBER 15 AND 16, 1993, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA. KEYNOTE SPEECH (GARVEY)

This keynote speech by the Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration raises points for discussion in the Symposium working groups. Among these are the following: Travel Demand Management (TDM) strategies are an important component in managing the transportation system and will continue to play a critical role in the future. TDM will be an important element of our transportation policy in the future as a result of the federal, state, and local efforts to clean the air, reduce energy use, relieve traffic congestion, and improve mobility. We need to rethink what TDM is and what it can be. TDM should be viewed as more than just a regional ridematching service or a promotional campaign. While these activities are part of TDM, they are certainly not what will sustain it in the future. We know that TDM can have localized impacts and benefits. While the areawide and environmental benefits of TDM are being studied and debated, we should not lose sight of the significant impacts TDM can have on meeting our mobility needs. We need to think of TDM in terms of mobility and what that means to the public, expecially those in economically disadvantaged situations. TDM could be thought of as providing transportation choices as well as tools that help us meet congestion and environmental goals. We need to rethink where the TDM planning, implementation, and evaluation functions are placed within our transportation and environmental institutions. We need to promote and foster public-private partnerships to implement TDM programs.

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• Authors:
  • Garvey, J F
• Conference:
  • Travel Demand Management Innovation and Research Symposium: Setting a Strategic Agenda for the Future
  • Location: Arlington, Virginia
  • Date: 1993-11-15 to 1993-11-16
• Publication Date: 1994-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: p. 27-29
• Monograph Title: TRAVEL DEMAND MANAGEMENT INNOVATION AND RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM: SETTING A STRATEGIC AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE, NOVEMBER 15 AND 16, 1993, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Circular
  • Issue Number: 433
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0097-8515

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefits; Conferences; Environmental impacts; Impacts; Innovation; Mobility; Public private partnerships; Research; Strategic planning; Traffic congestion; Transportation policy; Travel demand management
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Research; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00667743
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 25 1994 12:00AM