Introduction to Transportation Planning

This work is intended as an introductory text to transportation planning. It provides a basic introduction to the traffic estimation stage of the transportation planning process, and forms a general guide and survey to the total subject. This third edition has been rewritten and expanded. The new introductory chapter places the issue of transports in its broader societal context, relating it to demographic, socio-economic, political and environmental considerations. The growing importance of computers has been recognized by rewriting totally the chapter on computers in transportation planning, and including detailed analysis of the most commonly used software packages, Micro TRIPS and MINITRAMP. The conclusion has been rewritten and the whole book has been brought up date with the latest developments. A series of texts on environmental planning for use in undergraduates and postgraduate planning courses and for those involved in all aspects of the planning process. This book is intended for students of town and country planning.