TRAFFIC AS A FUNCTION OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND

This article discusses how the implications of the role of the supply-demand relationships as a determinant in trip production are important to the urban planner. Traffic congestion is generally thought of as an undesirable occurrence. It is considered to be unacceptable-something that good transportation planning would eliminate. This simplistic approach has often brought has often brought about unexpected results when new roads were built or old roads were widened to improve traffic flow. This article presents a discipline of thought about the importance of including area traffic congestion as a factor when estimating induced traffic for a new or improved traffic facility. The economic rules of supply and demand seem to apply for this analysis and an actual example and hypothetical ones are discussed. The theory developed may also be applied to the location of large-scale land developments in terms of traffic generation and congestion.

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  https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021808764?urlappend=%3Bseq=629
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• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  1250 I Street, NW, Suite 750
  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Authors:
  • Morris, R L
• Publication Date: 1977-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 591-603
• Serial:
  • Traffic Quarterly
  • Volume: 31
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0041-0713

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demand; Highway capacity; Highway planning; Highway transportation; Highway travel; Supply; Traffic congestion; Traffic measurement; Travel demand
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00920091
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 19 2002 12:00AM