THE TRANSPORTATION EXPERIENCE pptx

[...]... and rather considers the formation of principles from the transportation experience as part of the system (or endogenous) It is subject to the objection that experiences other than transportation ones are bound to bear on transportation experiences and attitudes That is a valid objection and must be true, yet we have a strong response to it One aspect of the response is that the transportation experience. .. is the transportation experience plus the changed environment that trigger issues These become policy issues if the situation is in conflict with one or more of the items on the list We should recognize that government involvement in transportation is large and longstanding Also, there has been feedback from the transportation experience to the general functions of governments The transportation experience. .. think, but we seldom tell them what thinking means; we seldom tell them it’s just putting this and that together; it’s just saying one thing in terms of another To tell them to set their feet on the first rung of a ladder the top of which sticks through the sky —Robert Frost, Education by Poetry The Transportation Experience explores the genesis of transportation systems; the roles that policy plays... that is the essence of The Transportation Experience 2 Policy Every discussion of duty has two parts One part deals with the question of the supreme good The other with the rules that should guide our ordinary behavior —Cicero, On Moral Duty Introduction The transportation experience shapes the nature of policy making Planning, deployment, and management follow This reshapes experience, and the process... grounds There are of course, interrelations, for policy affects and constrains experiences and the intrinsic characteristics of systems Objectives The Transportation Experience strives for two objectives: 1 It seeks to inform readers of the experiences and logics underlying transportation activities and the ways they are thought about These are collected in models and techniques that are the essence of the. .. policies What is their origin, who enforces them, how well do they work, and how are they changed, are some of the questions to be addressed The unfolding of the transportation experience provides an organizing theme for our discussions; it tells us how policy protocols are modeled on experience We shall spend a good amount of time on railroads because they provide a mother logic that applies to other modes... assist in providing the service The health and safety of the public and/or labor requires intervention The effective workings of governments, national economic systems, or defense systems require government intervention Interaction with the Transportation Experience The statements in the list are general, so how do they generate specific issues? We think that the transportation experience interacts... by the list But why was the question raised? How much subsidized service is warranted? It is the transportation experience that answers those questions Small communities experienced services at one time, and the experience hardens the issue about what is needed The experience yields policy” part of figure 2.3 suggests a closed system moving along a trajectory But the environment changes, and it is the. .. function of structure, the system’s life-stage and changes in its environment, including the development of competitive modes The overview of policy, planning, deployment, and management activities constitute the first part of the book The search for systematics using the railroad life cycle is the second part of the book The third part of the text will examine the situation in other modes Extended discussions... 1 Accept the dysfunctions and work within the constraints they set 2 Seek ways to truly steer systems by working around or breaking the tyranny of the dysfunctions 3 Identify and fill transportation gaps Performance There is another generic consideration bearing on transportation It is what we like to refer to as the intrinsic character of transportation systems: how systems behave and how they perform . sense of role, the insti- tutions they create, and the rules that guide their actions are shaped by experiences. There is more. Ideas are light baggage, and the transportation experience has. together; it’s just saying one thing in terms of another. To tell them to set their feet on the first rung of a ladder the top of which sticks through the sky. —Robert Frost, Education by Poetry The. cycle is the second part of the book. The third part of the text will examine the situation in other modes. Extended discussions will be given to the maritime and inland waterway modes, for they