Urban Transportation Policy. Report of the Workshop on National Transportation Problems (2nd),November 7-8, 1974. Program of University Research.

摘要

The workshop is one of a continuing series to develop information useful to the Department of Transportation policymakers through interaction of principal investigators in universities under contract to the Department and members of the Department responsible for programs of in urban transportation. Eight panels were chaired by university and DOT officials to examine the following topics: Suburbanization and its implications for urban transportation;The role of new systems in meeting urban transportation needs;Choosing among transportation alternatives--improving the decision-making process;Urban freight movement;Service standards;Communication systems and urban transportation;Incremental versus ultimate system transit;How can universities organize to be of service to their local communities.