The Future Of Transportation

The future of transportation, influenced by serious energy considerations and potential lifestyle changes, is increasingly becoming a social as well as a technical problem. Alternative transportation ap proaches for low density areas as well as metropolitan centers will present a challenge of keeping an overall economy viable as shifts in travel patterns and modes need to be made. While technical improvements in public transportation and in fuel efficiencies for automobiles will be quite important, economic regula tion and voluntary cooperation will become increasingly important as well. Shifting land use patterns and economic activities are bound to be key elements in transportation impacts in the future.