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charlie: re: "traffic planner"...

'Planning' really is a misnomer. 'Planners' in the L'Enfant or Daniel Burnham sense don't exist. What you mean by "traffic planner" should really be labeled something that approximates "coordinating, scheduling, consensus-aiming, politics-avoiding, transportation-aware bureaucrat."

Society just hasn't yet come up with an appropriate term, so we're stuck using the old term.

I think your idea of "what their job is" probably has little to do with what their bosses tell them "their job is," and what they do on a daily basis to earn a paycheck.

But you are absolutely right about not understanding where people are driving. Origin and Destination studies aren't a popular tool, possibly due to the complexity and inability to collect the requisite data.

by Dave on Sep 15, 2010 5:26 pm • link • report

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