Critical Transportation Issues and Vision 2000 2005

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Critical Transportation Issues and Vision 2000 -
2005

• Presented at Leadership Morris
• by
• Lazar N. Spasovic
• National Center for Transportation and Industrial
  Productivity
• New Jersey Institute of Technology
• November 3, 1999

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Issues

• 1. Congestion
• 2. Locational and Travel Choices
• 3. Information Technology
• 4. Stable Source of Funding for State
  Transportation Improvements

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Congestion

• Recurring vs Non-Recurring
• Texas Transportation Institute (Urban Highway
  Congestion - 1982 to 1994 Volume 1 Annual
  Report, 1997)
• New York City area - 8th most congested
• Philadelphia area - 3rd fastest growing
  congested area
• US Cost due to increased travel delay and fuel
  consumption
• 4.6 billion hours of delay,
• 6.7 billion gallons of wasted fuel,
• 74 billion of time and fuel cost in 1996.

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Transportation and Information Technology

• Telecommuting -- behavioral/management
• E-commerce -- trip substitution
• Traffic Management -- Intelligent Transportation
  Systems

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Use of Information

• To Manage Demand for Transportation Services
• Value Pricing -- charges for the use of
  facilities relate to the available capacity
• To Manage Supply
• Increase Throughput
• Provide Seamless Intermodal/Multi-modal
  Transportation Links

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Transportation Public Policy

• Linking Transportation and Land Use
• Managing Freight Flows
• Rail vs Truck
• Inland Ports -- freight consolidation and shuttle
  service to the Port of Newark
• Innovative Financing