Technological Forecast: 1975-2000. A Descriptive Outlook and Method for Quantitative Prediction

Abstract

The report is divided into two parts. The first part provides a description of expected trends in transportation for both passenger and freight movements for the next 30 years. The second part describes a methodology for forecasting, at an aggregate level of detail and as a function of time value, out of pocket costs and trip distance, the modal split of passengers in a forecast year between 1975-2000. The second part also describes the use of the methodology to examine the probable effects of emphasizing the development of one technology over another. There are also 4 Appendices. Appendix 1 describes a 1965 Passenger Mile Data Base Table, as a function of mode and trip distance. Appendix 2 similarly describes a 1965 Commodity Ton-Mile Data Base Table. Appendix 3 describes the results of a Delphi Forecasting Exercise and Appendix 4 describes the parameters used to define each system used in the modal split.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0754178

Entities

People

  • B. Poole
  • E. I. Golding
  • W. D. Velona

Organizations

  • United States Department of Transportation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Command And Control
  • Costs
  • Delphi Method
  • Engineers
  • Fish
  • Freight Transportation
  • Land Transportation
  • Marine Transportation
  • Materials Testing
  • Passenger Vehicles
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Surface Effect Ships
  • Vertical Takeoff Aircraft

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Business Analytics
  • Economics