CE 573 Transportation Planning1 Societal Changes and Transportation Planning CE 573 Transportation Planning Lecture 8

CE 573 Transportation Planning2 Travel Behavior and Travel Pattern Factors –population characteristics –economy –societal concerns –transportation legislation –technology of planning

CE 573 Transportation Planning3 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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CE 573 Transportation Planning6 Suburb Population Distribution 

CE 573 Transportation Planning7 Employment 

CE 573 Transportation Planning8 Telecommuting 

CE 573 Transportation Planning9 Service Occupation  Short term Long term

CE 573 Transportation Planning10 Bus Fees / Vehicle Costs

CE 573 Transportation Planning11 Demographic variables and travel behavior –Income –Age –Automobile ownership –Household –Occupation

CE 573 Transportation Planning12 Population characteristics vs travel behavior –explain current behavior –predict future behavior

CE 573 Transportation Planning13 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 Planning14 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?

CE 573 Transportation Planning15 Reading Assignment Posted Use file naming convention of –[your name].doc –Only submit a memo for the question/problem indicated.