Lec 1. Introduction Business Understand that land-use and transportation planning must go hand in hand Understand that planning is decision making and collection of information for decision making Understand multi modes of transportation must be integrated to provide convenient transportation infrastructure: from auto-only to multiple-alternative transportation infrastructure Objectives of Lecture 1

“Transportation is a derived demand” “but it also helps a community change its form – for good or bad, depending on the quality of planning” Land use A generates trips Land use B attracts trips Need for transportation facilities Improved access changes the land use New community A B

Perspective of urban transportation planning: “The purpose of planning tools is to provide systematic and neutral information to support decision-making, while the ethical content of planning is assumed to be in the definition of the problem and the weighing of information by decision makers” – Wachs, 1985 “Transport planning must be seen as an integral part of a much wider process of decision making. Too often in the past transport solutions have been seen as the only way to resolve transport problems…transport planning must be seen as part of the land- use planning and development process, which requires an integrated approach to analysis and a clear vision of the type of city and society in which we wish to live” – Banister, 1994

Multimodal transportation system Multimodal transportation planning: “The process of defining problems, identifying alternatives, evaluating potential solutions and selecting preferred actions that meet community goals in a manner that includes all feasible transportation modes” – Michael d. Meyer, GIT

Intermodalism example: Gateway Intermodal Center U “Gateway Intermodal Center” – near the current AMTRAK station Downtown SLC SLC Airport Sandy Terminal Provo/Orem Payson “Commuter Train” TRAX I-15 Streets

Recent concepts emphasized in the textbook Metropolitan focus (from urban to metropolitan/regional planning) Systems perspective (transportation facility – economic development, etc) Linkage to development and land use Linkage to environmental quality and ecosystem health Linkage to community quality of life System performance orientation – accountability of public investments Evolution in transportation system technology (e.g. ITS) Revolution in computer technology (from modeling to monitoring to database and its analysis) Adopting an implementation perspective (financial constraints)