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- All Subjects: Maricopa County (Ariz.)
- Creators: Kolbe, John W., 1940-
- Creators: Arizona. Department of Transportation. Research Center
- Creators: Bitter, Gary G.
Land Use and Traffic Congestion is an investigation into the links among land use, travel behavior, and traffic congestion. Researchers focused on four transportation corridors in the Phoenix area: three older neighborhoods with relatively mixed, higher density land use, and one suburban area with lower density but high traffic volumes. The analysis suggested that the higher density corridors exhibited less congestion due to the greater mix of uses, shorter trip lengths, more travel by transit and non-motorized modes, and the presence of a secondary street grid system.
Computers and Children Package (Britton); Suzuki Music Package (Britton); Reagan/Challenger Speech Package (Durrenberger). Segments on the cancellation of this episode's Space Probe 8 discussion about future space shuttle missions due to the Challenger explosion earlier in the day); the relationship between Generation X, computers, and teachers; the Suzuki method, and President Reagan's address to the nation.