Regional transportation planning in the US: An examination of changes in technical aspects of the planning process in response to changing goals

Transport Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-126

  Handy, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Perfomance measures; Transportation planning; Travel demand forecasting

Indexed keywords

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANNING PROCESS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRAVEL DEMAND;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38849130751     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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