Traffic Planning Programing Projects: System Planning Appendix. Transit Planning Monitoring and Forecasting.

摘要

The Traffic Planning manual is a reference of basic traffic engineering techniques and their potential for improving traffic flow and traffic safety urban arterial streets and highways. The Transit Planning manual includes techniques for estimating transit patronage, service options, and operating requirements. Also included are procedures for evaluating the need for specialized services for the elderly handicapped. The System Planning manual details the steps required for the functional classification of streets and highways, the estimation of future traffic, the estimation of the impacts of future traffic, and the estimation of street and highway system requirements. An Appendix includes alternative methods for forecasting traffic. The Monitoring and Forecasting manual provides instructions for assembling inventories of transportation and land activity. It describes methods for monitoring the performance of the transportation system and general community development and methods for forecasting information needed in urban transportation planning. The Programming Projects manual contains procedures for development of the transportation improvement program.