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CE 573 Transportation Planning 1
Societal Changes and Transportation Planning
CE 573 Transportation Planning
Lecture 8
CE 573 Transportation Planning 2
Travel Behavior and Travel Pattern Factors
– population characteristics– economy– societal concerns– transportation legislation– technology of planning
CE 573 Transportation Planning 3
Population Characteristics Influencing Travel Behavior
– Trips per capita – Population distribution in suburbs – Employment – Telecommuting – Occupation service oriented – Bus fees / vehicle costs
CE 573 Transportation Planning 11
Demographic variables and travel behavior
– Income– Age– Automobile ownership– Household
– Occupation
CE 573 Transportation Planning 12
Population characteristics vs travel behavior
– explain current behavior– predict future behavior
CE 573 Transportation Planning 13
Sustainable transportation
• Current trends vs community goals
• For the following simultaneous goals, what could you do? – reduced environmental impact– increased economic efficiency– Expanded social equity
CE 573 Transportation Planning 14
Sustainable transportation
• Transportation system development areas– Increase high occupancy vehicle usage– Change transportation pricing to reflect true
costs/benefits» Environmental fuel tax based on emissions» Economic fuel tax based on infrastructure use» Societal fuel tax based on deferred exercise
– Increase IT network capacity and speed– Improve traffic operations
• How would these developments help?