PLANNING FOR URBAN TRANSPORTATIONS FUTURE

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ALTHOUGH MODERN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HAVE PROVIDED THE POWER TO SHAPE THE FUTURE, PLANNING FOR SOCIAL GOALS IS CURIOUSLY DEVOID OF AMBITION. FEASIBILITY, RATHER THAN CHALLENGE, HAS BECOME THE CRITERION FOR DECISION AND ACTIONS, AND EXTRAPOLATION THE GUIDE AS TO WHAT THE FUTURE WILL HOLD. THE APPROACH TO TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS IS AN EXAMPLE. TO STEM THE THREAT OF DETERIORATING MOBILITY, REMEDIES ARE TAKEN FROM AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATIVE USE OF COMMON TECHNIQUES, I.E., SOLUTIONS WHICH REQUIRE NO TECHNOLOGICAL BREAK-THROUGHS OR NEW INVENTIONS. BETTER ANSWERS TO TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF TOMORROW'S CITIES ARE NEEDED, ANSWERS WHICH CAN BE REACHED ONLY BY LONG-RANGE PLANNING. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HAS SPONSORED A FUTURISTIC STUDY OF IDEAL TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS TO URBAN TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS TO INDICATE THE SORT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS WHICH SHOULD BE UNDERTAKEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE. ANOTHER EFFORT IS THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY INQUIRY BY THE

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