Transportation Planning Stories
My goal is to make a fictional film about transportation planners. Some people I know support my efforts, while others think I’m crazy and nobody would ever find a story about transportation planners interesting. I will try anyway. I hope you will support me.
In preparation for this project I have begun to write a series of short stories and articles to explore the possibilities. I would appreciate any feedback you can give me on what I have done so far.
The project is currently on hold while I take care of some other projects, but, as this post demonstrates, I still get new ideas.
Short stories
The Gladstone Barrier
After he avoids an automobile collision one morning, Arthur thinks he’s found a new mission in life. However, what seemed to be clear cut has unexpected challenges. He learns that there are other dangers besides those on the roads.
The Glencoe Project: A Transportation Planning Adventure Story
Arthur looked forward to a quiet vacation with his wife, then a rush job landed on his desk. He worried that he might have to cancel his vacation, but more serious threats loomed in his future.
Although I wrote The Glencoe Project first, it happens after The Gladstone Barrier
Articles
The Evolution of My Transportation Planning Story
I’ve worked on this idea for a long time and have tried several different approaches.
Transportation: Planners Versus Modellers
A Review of “Future Babble: Why Expert Predictions Fail – and Why We Believe Them Anyway”
Blog Posts
Blog posts related to this project are listed here
Some recent blogs:
January 16, 2011 – Transportation Planning Expose
March 6, 2011 – A Move Forward on My Transportation Planning Story
March 12, 2011 – My Transportation Planning Adventure and the Lessons Learned
May 15, 2011 – Transportation Planning Movies and Stories
June 16, 2011 – Transportation Infrastructure as Status Symbol
June 29, 2011 – Issues in Transportation Planning #1: What I Want to Say
July 14, 2011 – Issues in Transportation Planning #2: The Limitations of Models
July 14, 2011 – Issues in Transportation Planning #3: Political Interference
August 3, 2011 – Issues in Transportation Planning #4: It’s All Bad News
August 10, 2011 – How Much Can I Afford to Spend on My Transportation Planning Movie?
August 17, 2011 – Issues in Transportation Planning #5: The Public and the Media
August 21, 2011 – Project Updates: A Film, Another Film, An Article, A Story and More Stories
August 24, 2011 – Focus, Focus, Focus
October 16, 2011 – Transportation Planning Humour
December 11, 2011 – A rewrite for The Gladstone Barrier
March 14, 2012 – Issues in Transportation Planning #6: The Stick and The Map
Transportation Planning Experience
I worked as a transportation engineers for over 30 years. Here is my resume and two articles I published.
Resume for James Beattie Morison Last updated March 2011
Equilibrium Concepts in Modal Split Modelling Printed in the ASCE Transportation Engineering Journal September 1982.
Forecasting Demand for Demand Forecasting District 7 (CANADA) ITE conference, Victoria B.C. 1991
