TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT AND THE 3 C'S FOR DEALING WITH URBAN CONGESTION

In a nation where 90 percent of all personal travel is by automobile, traffic congestion has become a critical issue for many urban areas. The American public has only recently begun to realize that the problem of urban traffic congestion will not be solved by building more roads and freeways, nor by imposing external controls to limit traffic growth. In this paper, the authors outline three C's (communication, cooperation and coordination) as fundamental principles necessary to marshall the resources of the various transportation and planning agencies.