Transportation planning, policy and analysis

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Transportation planning, policy and analysis

by D.N.M. Starkie

(Urban and regional planning series, v. 13)(Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering and social studies)

Pergamon Press, 1976

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  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. 119-122

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780080209081

Description

A study which uniquely integrates the analytical and policy aspects of transportation planning, providing an up-to-date review of transport policy. This is a basic text for students of planning, transport and public administration and an important reference for practitioners

Table of Contents

The evolution of modern transport planning. The administrative framework. Traffic and public transport policies. Evaluation policy. Transportation planning models. Reaction to the first-generation transportation studies. Recent policies. Signs of the seventies.
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: hbk ISBN 9780080209098

Description

Urban and Regional Planning Series, Volume 13: Transportation Planning, Policy and Analysis is a review of selected policies affecting the administration, urban transportation, and proposals regarding transport improvements. The book discusses the inter-relationship of transport policy and analysis of transportation planning. The text outlines the development of transportation planning considering the constraints placed upon studies made in the transportation system. The author describes the planning process as evolving, with the nature of the problem changing along with the passing of time. The author reviews the administrative framework and the polices affecting urban traffic and public transports. He evaluates the policy-decision mechanisms influenced by ""maximization subject to constraint."" The author then presents some mathematical simulation models of transport, and then emphasizes that actual testing and experimentation of a model are needed to overcome any cardinal weaknesses. The book also cites the SELNEC and Tyneside studies where their major component is on road expenditure, which studies regarded as not very cost-effective. The author then cites legislations and development proposals that transportation plans should be integrated with land use planning and traffic systems. The author also discusses why developments in transport planning analysis is a political decision. City administrators, officials of traffic and engineering departments and bureaus, civil engineers, and urban developers will find this book of interest.

Table of Contents

List of Figures List of Tables Preface Part One: The 1960's 1 The Evolution of Modern Transport Planning The Planning Environment The Modern Planning Process Transportation Studies: The New Approach Project Studies and the New Approach Features of Systems Planning The Aim of Comprehensiveness Explicit Concern with Methodology A Concern with Alternative Strategies Conclusions 2 The Administrative Framework Transportation Planning and Central Government Structure Transport Planning and Local Government Structure The Organization of Conurbation Transportation Studies The Establishment of the Greater London Council and Passenger Transport Authorities 3 Traffic and Public Transport Policies Attempts to Accommodate the Car Traffic Restraint Promotion of Public Transport 4 Evaluation Policy Introduction Maximizing the Overall Level of Service Maximizing Profits Maximizing User Surpluses Maximizing the Combined Surplus of Users and Operators Surplus Changes to Non-users The Treatment of Intangibles The Distribution of Surpluses between Contemporaries Distribution over Time Conclusions 5 Transportation Planning Models Mathematical Simulation: The Travel Model Estimating the Number of Journeys Made The Use and Choice of Mode Distribution of Journeys Assignment to Routes Paradigms Later Procedures Iconic Simulation: Demonstration Projects Market Research Methods Part Two: The 1970's 6 Reaction to the First-generation Transportation Studies Introduction Counter-pressures Reform of the Compensation Code Reorganization within the Department of the Environment Public Consultation Conclusions 7 Recent Policies Local-transport Policies Local Government Reform Public Transport and Local Government Transport Policies and Programs The Block and Supplementary Grant System Non-local Transport Inter-urban Road Transport Policies 8 Signs of the Seventies Introduction Preservation of Environmental Quality A Problem of Accessibility rather than Mobility Accessibility for Whom? Conclusions References Stationery Office Publications Other Publications Appendix A Motor Vehicles in Use, 1946-74 Appendix B Description of a Typical Transportation Planning Package (COMPACT) Appendix C Transport Policies and Programs 1975/6 Appendix D Public Expenditure and Transport Index Other Books in the Series

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