Implications of Intelligent Transportation Systems for Metropolitan Form

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ID11670228
AutoresDavid C Hodges (0000-0002-3868-7501, University of Washington, autor de correspondencia), David C Hodge, Richard L Morrill (University of Washington), Kiril Stanilov (University of Washington)
Año1996
Volumen17
Número8
Páginas714-739
Fecha de publicación1996-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaUrban Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2747/0272-3638.17.8.714
OpenAlexW1972128229
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas27

The potential role of “intelligent transportation systems” (ITS) in influencing metropolitan form and household behavior is reviewed. First, a portrait is drawn of the broad economic, social, and political forces that are expected to govern the evolution of urban settlement and transportation. Next, three ITS technologies are evaluated. Traveler information systems will logically increase the efficiency of driving and be a force for continued decentralization, although impacts will be modest. Congestion pricing is contentious: although it clearly can make a difference in travel behavior, it is very unpopular, raises serious ethical concerns, and will not necessarily support the goals of a more compact city. Advanced public transit systems are designed to make transit more effective and attractive; although they may raise transit use, the shift is unlikely to be great enough to influence urban form and travel behavior. We therefore conclude that intelligent transportation systems are a significant extension of the basic logic of the automobile rather than a means to effect any fundamental transformation of the American city

Business · Decentralization · Economics · Geography · Intelligent transportation system · Market economy · Metropolitan area · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Public transport · Settlement (finance · Traffic congestion · Transport engineering · Engineering · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · Transportation Planning and Optimization · Urban Transport and Accessibility · Finance