ABSTRACT

When originally published in 1975, (here re-issuing the 3rd edition of 1985), this was the only genuinely introductory textbook to the subject of transportation planning. The introductory chapter places the issue of transport in its broader societal context, relating it to demographic, socio-economic, political and environmental considerations. The increasing importance of technology is recognized in the chapter which covers commonly used software packages. As a whole the book provides a basic introduction to the traffic estimation stage of the transport planning process and forms a general guide and survey to the whole subject.

chapter 1|38 pages

Transport and society

chapter 3|34 pages

Collection of basic data

chapter 4|19 pages

Trip generation

chapter 5|31 pages

Trip distribution

chapter 6|20 pages

Network planning and traffic assignment

chapter 7|23 pages

Modal split

chapter 8|24 pages

Computers in transportation planning

chapter 9|37 pages

Evaluation of transportation proposals

chapter 10|15 pages

Conclusions