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1963-03
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Minnesota Department of Highways
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Mass transit's role in the overall motorized person transportation complex in the large metropolitan area is an important one.
A quantitative definition of that role can therefore contribute substantially to the growing body of knowledge which will have application in an integrated approach to the solution of the metropolitan area's transportation problems - that is, an approach incorporating all vehicle and motorized person travel in the metropolitan area and the major factors influencing its patterns, such as land use and socio-economic activities.
This publication reports the results of a study of mass transit person movement in the Minneapolis and St. Paul urban area. The study was undertaken jointly by the Minnesota Department of Highways, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, and the Twin Cities Metropolitan Planning Commission. A separate report will be published by the Twin Cities Metropolitan Planning Commission. The raw data for both publications were mainly obtained from a comprehensive body of travel survey data collected in 1958 in the Twin Cities Area Transportation Study, which was conducted by the Minnesota Highway Department in cooperation with the Bureau of Public Roads.
The objectives of this report are to describe the present characteristics of mass transit travel in the Twin Cities metropolitan area and identify the major factors influencing usage of the mass transit mode. These determinations, in a quantified form, provide basic relationships for planning and forecasting the future role of mass transit as a mode of person travel in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
A quantitative definition of that role can therefore contribute substantially to the growing body of knowledge which will have application in an integrated approach to the solution of the metropolitan area's transportation problems - that is, an approach incorporating all vehicle and motorized person travel in the metropolitan area and the major factors influencing its patterns, such as land use and socio-economic activities.
This publication reports the results of a study of mass transit person movement in the Minneapolis and St. Paul urban area. The study was undertaken jointly by the Minnesota Department of Highways, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, and the Twin Cities Metropolitan Planning Commission. A separate report will be published by the Twin Cities Metropolitan Planning Commission. The raw data for both publications were mainly obtained from a comprehensive body of travel survey data collected in 1958 in the Twin Cities Area Transportation Study, which was conducted by the Minnesota Highway Department in cooperation with the Bureau of Public Roads.
The objectives of this report are to describe the present characteristics of mass transit travel in the Twin Cities metropolitan area and identify the major factors influencing usage of the mass transit mode. These determinations, in a quantified form, provide basic relationships for planning and forecasting the future role of mass transit as a mode of person travel in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
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