Meeting the needs of the community: social issues in road and transport planning

摘要

This paper addresses social issues in road and transport planning to assist transport authorities to be better prepared for, and able to respond to, the community of the future. Social issues are defined widely to include those maters which are features of community as well as impacts on community. The importance of social and ecological responsibility in transport decision making is underlined. Present social trends are described as a basis for establishing a picture of the society of the future, acknowledging unforeseeable phenomena.