Urban Transportation Planning in the United States

Urban Transportation Planning in the United States
Author: Edward Weiner
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1999-02-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0313002231

The development of U.S. urban transportation policy over the past 50 years illustrates the changing relationship between federal, state, and local governments. This comprehensive text examines the evolution of urban transportation planning from early developments in highway planning in the 1930s to the concern for sustainable development and pollution emissions. Focusing on major national events, the book discusses the influence of legislation, regulations, conferences, federal programs, and advances in planning procedures and technology. The book offers an in-depth look at the most significant event in transportation planning—the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962. Creating a federal mandate for a comprehensive urban transportation planning process carried out cooperatively by states and local governments with federal funding, this act was crucial in the spread of urban transporation. Claiming that urban transportation planning is more sophisticated, costly, and complex than its highway and transit planning predecessors, the book demonstrates how urban transportation planning evolved in response to changes in such factors as environment, energy, development patterns, intergovernmental coordination, and federal transit programs. It further illustrates how broader concerns for global climate change and sustainable development have braided the purview of transportation planning.

Urban Transportation, Demand and Coordination

Urban Transportation, Demand and Coordination
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board. Annual Meeting
Publisher:
Total Pages: 114
Release: 1962
Genre: Local transit
ISBN:

Paper 1: A summary is given of some of the basic interrelationships between cities, people, and their transportation requirements and it is shown present trends in travel and development affect demands and potentials for public and private transportation. Paper 3: Because of the growing importance and influence of the work of the urban planner with its attendant impact on the development of highway transportation systems and consequently on the work of the highway engineer, the State Highway Commission of Wisconsin, in conjunction with the University of Wisconsin and the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads undertook a study and evaluation of local highway system planning in Wisconsin. Paper 4: A brief review of the geographic concepts that are applicable to urban transportation research. Paper 5: A summary is given of the results of a study of current principles and techniques for predicting the present and future demand for urban area transportation, often referred to as traffic estimation and assignment.

Integrating Transportation and Land Use Planning

Integrating Transportation and Land Use Planning
Author: Susan J. Obermayer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1994
Genre: City planning
ISBN:

Changes in the transportation system have a large influence on urban development patterns. The lacation, type, and intensity of urban land uses also affet the urban street and highway system. Various federal and state initiatives have been taken to more closely link trasportation and land use. These include the following: The Traffic Congestion Management System (CMS) mandated by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA). The CMS regulators specifically state that state and local agencies must address existing congestion and avoid potential future congestion. This clearly implies that the impact of land use and development decisions on transportation must be more effectively addressed than in the past. State-manadated growth management requirements such as those in Oregon, Washington, Florida, and Vermont. State-manadated local planning which must meet state criteria as those in Florida, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Oregon. State-mandated congestion management which requires that the impact of proposed development must be assessed and provides penalties if development that degrades congestion is approved by a local government (California). Access management practicies administered by the state highway agency which are designed to protect the public investment in major state roadways (Colorado, Florida, and New Jersey). In order to address traffic congestion problems, many municipaltiies have implemented travel demand ordinances which are intended to reduce drive-alone auto use and encourage ridesharing and transit. In other locations, such requirements have been, or are being, implemented in response to federal clean air requirements.

Urban Transportation Planning in the United States

Urban Transportation Planning in the United States
Author: Edward Weiner
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2012-11-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1461454077

The development of U.S. urban transportation policy over the past half-century illustrates the changing relationships among federal, state, and local governments. This comprehensive text examines the evolution of urban transportation planning from early developments in highway planning in the 1930s to today’s concerns over sustainable development, security, and pollution control. Highlighting major national events, the book examines the influence of legislation, regulations, conferences, federal programs, and advances in planning procedures and technology. The volume provides in-depth coverage of the most significant event in transportation planning, the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962, which created a federal mandate for a comprehensive urban transportation planning process, carried out cooperatively by states and local governments with federal funding. Claiming that urban transportation planning is more sophisticated, costly, and complex than its highway and transit planning predecessors, the book demonstrates how urban transportation planning evolved in response to changes in such factors as the environment, energy, development patterns, intergovernmental coordination, and federal transit programs. This updated, revised, and expanded edition features two new chapters on global climate change and managing under conditions of constrained resources, and covers the impact of the most recent legislation, 50 years after the Highway Act of 1962, emphasizing such timely issues as security, oil dependence, performance measurement, and public-private sector collaboration.