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Societal Changes and Transportation Planning

CE 573 Transportation Planning

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Travel Behavior and Travel Pattern Factors

– population characteristics– economy– societal concerns– transportation legislation– technology of planning

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Population Characteristics Influencing Travel Behavior

– Trips per capita – Population distribution in suburbs – Employment – Telecommuting – Occupation service oriented – Bus fees / vehicle costs

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Trips per capita

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Suburb Population Distribution

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Employment

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Telecommuting

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Service Occupation

Short term

Long term

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Bus Fees / Vehicle Costs

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Demographic variables and travel behavior

– Income– Age– Automobile ownership– Household

– Occupation

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Population characteristics vs travel behavior

– explain current behavior– predict future behavior

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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

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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?

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Reading Assignment

• Posted

• Use file naming convention of – [your name].doc– Only submit a memo for the question/problem

indicated.