A brief summary is given of the methods used in highway transportation planning. A preliminary pert diagram of a regional planning process in three-dimensional form was developed. The regional planning process consists of three major elements: transportation and land use taken together, housing and social condition, and economic and population forecasting. The regional planning process contains five computer simulation models. These simulate (1) the growth of the population, (2) the growth of the economy, (3) the addition of housing and building to the present supply, (4) the migration of population within the stock of present and future buildings, and (5) the daily movements of people throughout the metropolitan area. It is suggested that the data needs for regional planning will consist of: (1) land use, (2) transportation facilities, (3) daily travel, (4) population data, (5) building survey, (6) migratory travel, (7) daily movement of goods, and (8) the economy. The necessity is emphasized of a systematic regional planning process.
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