I. Introduction to Transportation
What is a place?
Home, Business, Office, Industrial Building​
Park, Schools, Institutions​
Land use​
Neighborhood​
District​
Town​
City
What happens when we build more places?
The moment when more than one place is built, latent demand also appears.
Latent Demand
Demand for a product or service that a consumer cannot satisfy because they do not have enough money, because the product or service is not available, or because they do not know that it is available.
Modes of Transportation
Transportation Modes
•Walking
•Rolling
•Cycling
•Driving
•Transit (bus/trams/trains etc.)
Induced Demand
The moment when transportation infrastructure is built, the demand of transportation mode is induced.
Transportation Modes
Induced demand works for other modes of transportation as well.
What is Induced Demand?
Induced Demand is NOT
More capacity (travel lanes) does not invite for more traffic.
Why does congestion happen?
Population growth
More Places
More Activities
More People
Traffic demand and volume intensifies
*When is (car) capacity enough?
When is (car) capacity enough?
Capacity will never be enough
Places will always grow
Cars physically take up too much space and too many resources:
Number of lanes + lane widths
Parking space (Parking Garages)
Expensive traffic signals
Environmental Impacts (Noise & Air pollution)
Inefficient at moving large volume of people (autonomous or not)
Transportation Demand Strategies (TDM)
Cost Incentives
Tolls
Parking Meters
Carpooling
Promote Alternative Modes
Cycle Lanes
Mass Transit: Bus/Rail
Perhaps It's Not A Transportation Issue At All!
Land-Use: Bringing Places Closer Together
Compact Developments
Transit Oriented Developments
Mix-use Structures
