California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
URP 337/337L Planning Public Infrastructure Spring 1999 (Urey)

Study questions for readings
for 3 May 1999

Sandra Rosenbloom, "Transportation Planning," Chapter 6 in The Practice of Local Planning, 2d ed. (NY: AICP, 1988), 139-171. (the "Green Book")

Vocabulary words: 
  • According to the authors of "Transportation planning," why is the relationship between transportation and land use complex?

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  • Over the last fifty years, transportation planning has evolved from a strongly technical approach to an approach that includes political factors. What aspects of today's transportation planning processes demonstrate that it is not a purely technical exercise?

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  • Name and define the four basic models used in estimating regional transportation demand.

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  • What is meant by "crush load" in rail service analysis? How does it compare to "Level F" in freeway analysis?

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  • What are the three criteria on which highway standards are based?

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  • According to the authors of "Transportation planning," why is it more difficult to analyze transit service than highway service?
  • What is paratransit?


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