TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT IN PERSPECTIVE

Transportation System Management (TSM) is a planning concept which views existing streets and highways, rail trackage, parking and pedestrian facilities and transportation vehicles - private and public - as elements of a single urban transportation system. The development of the concept has been guided by certain considerations: the need to make better and more efficient use of existing transportation facilities; the focus of attention on operational strategies so that benefits can be realized from transportation programs; the promotion of a more rational organization of public transportation and a more intelligent and socially responsible use of the private automobile. Current achievements such as increasing the people-carrying capacity of highways are briefly reviewed.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Traffic Engineers

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  Washington, DC    20006
• Authors:
  • Orski, C K
• Publication Date: 1976-11

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 36-37
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering
  • Volume: 46
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Institute of Traffic Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway capacity; Public transit; Transportation planning; Transportation system management
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148218
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 15 1981 12:00AM