Analyses of the Evolution of Travel, Transport System and Urban Activity for Sustainable Short/Long Term Transport Policies; with Reference to Greater Cairo

The paper demonstrates the necessity to investigate past evolution of variables reflecting transport demand, supply and activities. This has practice and research oriented importance. For the “practicing transport engineers and planners”, it helps in designing realistic and sustainable short/long term policies and proposals and supports feasibility studies of related projects. For the “researchers”, it provides insight on city growth, travel needs and transport system provision requirements, and also on how their evolution is interrelated and had affected previous state of travel and supply. This leads to better understanding of how to arrive at sustainable transport systems in the short and long terms. The paper starts by explaining the above philosophy, and suggests related enhancement in the analytical transport planning frame. It also points out the need to investigate the evolution of intangibles such as institutional and financing mechanisms, policies and regulations, etc. It then turns to application on Greater Cairo. Evolution of main socioeconomic indicators, travel demand and transport supply are investigated utilizing results of 1971, 1978, 1987, 1998 and 2001 O/D surveys. Conclusions are made on the importance of the given concepts and on the need to observe data compatibility in successive O/D surveys for application of the discussed concepts.

• Corporate Authors:

  World Conference on Transport Research Society

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• Authors:
  • Huzayyin, A S
• Conference:
  • 10th World Conference on Transport Research
  • Location: Istanbul , Turkey
  • Date: 2004-7-4 to 2004-7-8
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 19p
• Monograph Title: 10th World Conference on Transport Research

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demand; Policy making; Supply; Sustainable development; Transportation planning; Travel demand; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: Cairo (Egypt)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01087897
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 2008 11:43AM