Citation

Holmes EH. Highw. Res. News 1973; (51): 29-39.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1973, National Research Council, Highway Research Board)

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Abstract

The history and development of urban transportation planning is traced, focusing attention on three significant conferences - sagamore, hershey and williamsburg. The sagamore conference of 1958 agreed that choice among possible alternatives in highway location and design should be guided by a "grand accounting" of costs and benefits. Each alternative should be evaluated in terms of benefit to the highway user and the community in comparison with the total cost involved. The hershey conference in 1962 on freeways in the urban setting provided a forum for conflicts with respect to the location and design of freeways serving metropolitan areas. The impact of freeways must be considered in terms of achieving positive opportunities for appreciation of value, for development of new land uses, and for changing land use through urban renewal and development. The williamsburg conference in 1964 brought out the need for urban transportation systems to be planned at a regional scale and that local governments must develop administrative machinery to plan and implement programs.

Language: en