Snake Oil in a Computer: The Pseudo-science of Transportation Modeling

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Date Written:  1991-08-16
Year Published:  1991
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX10463

Planners, politicians, and other decision-makers want to know what effect their projects will have on the environment. In many cases they don't really want to know, but want to convince their constituents that the results will be beneficial, or at least neutral. In both cases, computer modeling is being used to "answer" the questions.

Subject Headings

• Pseudoscience
• Transportation Consultants
• Transportation Design
• Transportation Management
• Transportation Planning
• Transportation Policy