Title: URBAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS, CONDITION, AND PERFORMANCE
Abstract: Perhaps of more interest to conference participants than the contents of this paper is what is not contained in it. After considerable searching of literature sources and the Internet and contacts with government officials responsible for collecting and analyzing such information, the author was unable to develop credible comprehensive data on the differential condition of transportation infrastructure within areas, that is, the differences between central city and suburban facility condition and performance. Whereas it is interesting to speculate on why this is so, it is probably sufficient to note that metropolitan planning organizations and state governments are simply not organizing and reporting their information along such lines, and in fact may be motivated not to do so. In any event, the fact that such data are not readily available is a useful finding in itself. In the paper, therefore, the condition of urban transport infrastructure is reviewed, including all road and transit facilities in designated urbanized areas with population exceeding 50,000, along with small areas with population from 5,000 to 50,000, in comparison with their rural counterparts. Most of this discussion is derived from--and, frankly, extracted from--1997 Status of the Nation's Surface Transportation System: Condition and Performance, recently published by the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration.
Publication Year: 1999
Publication Date: 1999-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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