Techniques for Making Key Transportation Decisions

摘要

The 20 papers in the report deal with the following areas: urban intergovernmental transportation decision-making systems: portland's investment in light rail transit; microcomputer applications in a metropolitan transportation planning agency; transit advisory office: an approach to technical assistance in a decentralized environment; developing a regional strategy for transportation system development; effects of competition from the private sector on the efficiency of mass transit: a case study; urban transportation deregulation in Arizona; feasibility of profitable transit service in radial urban corridors; data base management system for transportation improvement program development, monitoring, and analysis: a case study; interactive decision process for public-private cooperative projects; design of a single-route ridership forecasting model; and, inexpensive travel demand model for small and medium-sized cities.