| Classical transportation planning (1950s - 1960s) |
- focused on the development of highway studies for metropolitan areas
- used to determine the best highway alignments to serve metropolitan areas
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| Neoclassical or open transportation planning (1970s) |
- emerged in response to change in planning environment
- mistrust in government planning by groups who thought their interests were not protected by government planning officials
- emphasis on land use element of transportation planning declined during this period
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| Fragmented transportation planning (1975 - 1980s) |
- planning focused on small area improvements
- studies to enhance the performance of existing transportation infrastructure in areas such as efficiency, safety and capacity was sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration
- emergence of transportation demand management
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| Consolidated transportation planning (Mid-1980s onward) |
- rise of consolidaded transportation planning focusing on multimodal approaches
- rising concern about increasing congestion on metropolitan and intercity transportation networks
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| Integrated transportation planning; context sensitive solutions; environemntally concious planning (1990s) |
- increased focus on improving the environment through planning
- reducing congestion and improving the quality of life for metropolitan communities
- integrating transportation and land use planning
- infrastructure renewal and asset management
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| Sustainable transportation planning; planning for megacities and megaregions (2000s) |
- Addressing public health
- advancing economic competitiveness, environmental integrity and social equity through coordinated transportation, land use andeconomic planning
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