FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN TRANSPORT PLANNING

TRANSPORTATION STUDIES CONDUCTED IN AUSTRALIA PROVIDED A SOUND FOUNDATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORT SYSTEMS BASED LARGELY ON OPERATING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SYSTEMS. BENEFITS OF THESE STUDIES AND SOME CRITICISMS ARE PRESENTED. ACHIEVEMENTS FROM THE STUDIES WERE: (1) DEVELOPING A SOUND PLANNING METHOD, (2) COLLECTING AND SUMMARIZING DATE CONCERNING URBAN LIVING, AND (3) FORGING LINKS OF AGENCY COOPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING. CRITICISMS ARE DISCUSSED UNDER THE CATEGORIES OF: (1) LAND USE/TRANSPORT INTERACTION, (2) PREDETERMINED SOLUTIONS, (3) TIME SPAN AND PRIORITIES, (4) STATISTICAL RELIABILITY, AND (5) BASIC TRIP GENERATION RESEARCH. THE TIME AND THE EXPENSE NEEDED TO CONDUCT THESE SURVEYS IS FREQUENTLY THE PROBLEM. FOR REASONS OF ECONOMY, DATA USED IN TRANSPORTATION STUDIES ARE GENERALLY OBTAINED FROM ONLY A RELATIVELY SMALL SAMPLE OF THE POPULATION. TRANSPORTATION STUDIES CANNOT TEST ALTERNATIVE LAND USE PLANS. TRANSPORTATION STUDY PROPOSALS WERE AIMED AT PROVIDING GUIDANCE FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO OVERCOME CONGESTION AND FOR PROVISION OF ADEQUATE EXTENSIONS. THE DISCUSSION CENTERS ON ANALYTICAL METHODS OF LAND USE PLANNING AND ECONOMETRIC MODELS AND STATISTICAL TESTS FOR TRANSPORTATION MOVEMENT.