Transportation Planning

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Transportation Planning

• CE 573
• Lecture 2

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Topics

• Multimodal Transportation Planning
• Define sustainable transportation
• Measure sustainable transportation

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Multimodal Transportation Planning
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Sustainable Transportation

• What is it?
• Capacity for continuance
• Right to better life for everyone
• What is the problem?

Social progress Economic growth
Resource depletion Environmental Impacts
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The Problem in Transportation
Transportation
Environmental Impacts
Economic Impacts
Social Impacts
Resources
What outcome does the community want?
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Conventional vs Comprehensive Transportation
Planning
Accessibility Mobility
Broader goal set
Narrow goal set
Information
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Sustainability Principles

• Comprehensive analysis
• Integrated/strategic planning
• Goals focused (environmental, social, and
  economic)
• Market principles
• Transparency, accountability, and public
  involvement

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Sustainability Indicators for Transportation

• pages 7 to 9 Reading 3
• page 28 Reading 2
• Selection example
• Identify goals
• Select indicators

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Choosing Indicator Sets

• See page 6 Reading 2
• Use more than 1
• Should reflect goals
• Perspectives and limitation are understood
• Data are available
• Generalized across time and jurisdiction
• Useful for decisions

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Campus Transportation Goals

• What should the goals be?

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Campus Transportation Indicators

• How should we measure our progress?

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Assignments

• No reading
• No homework