Transportation Planning: Prospects for Coordination

Abstract

In the past, coordination in transportation planning has been almost completely lacking. This has been due, in part, to the rapid development of the United States, traditional attitudes of competition among modes of travel, an abundance of transportation facilities, and separate regulatory agencies, with consequent separate regulatory measures being applied to different types of common carriers of passengers. These factors are, in part, responsible for the deterioration of passenger-transportation services in metropolitan areas.