Enhanced Planning Review of the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area

Enhanced Planning Review of the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area
Author: Robert Brodesky
Publisher:
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1996
Genre: Transportation
ISBN:

FTA and FHWA have initiated a series of joint Enhanced Planning Reviews (EPRs) to assess the impact of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) on the planning processes conducted by the transportation agencies serving metropolitan areas. The EPRs are also intended to determine the effects of planning on transportation investment processes. This EPR for the Philadelphia metropolitan area included a federal site visit on 17-19 January 1995. At the conclusion of the site visit the federal team presented preliminary observations and recommendations to the local agencies taking part in the review. This Final Report describes the EPR in detail and contains summary conclusions as well as observations and recommendations.

A Guidebook for Including Access Management in Transportation Planning

A Guidebook for Including Access Management in Transportation Planning
Author: David C. Rose
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2005
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0309088453

This guidebook is for transportation agency managers, engineers, and planners who want their agencies to use the planning process to implement a systematic and consistent approach to access management. For employees who are dealing with the consequences of poor access management at the project and operational levels, the guidance provides a resource that outlines the specific steps their agencies can take to establish a policy and planning basis for implementing access management best practices. This guidance focuses on how to use the planning process to establish the implementing mechanisms that will result in the application of access management principles.

Enhanced Planning Review of the Miami Metropolitan Area

Enhanced Planning Review of the Miami Metropolitan Area
Author: John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 70
Release: 1996
Genre: Transportation
ISBN:

The FHWA and FTA have initiated a series of joint Enhanced Planning Reviews (EPRs) to assess the impact of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) on the planning processes conducted by the transportation agencies serving metropolitan areas. The EPRs are also intended to determine the effects of planning on transportation investment processes. The information collected in the EPRs is intended to be of assistance to individual metropolitan areas in their continuing efforts to improve transportation planning practice, and to federal agencies in formulating policy and identifying technical assistance needs among agencies engaged in metropolitan planning.

Incorporating Safety Into Long-range Transportation Planning

Incorporating Safety Into Long-range Transportation Planning
Author: Simon Washington
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2006
Genre: Highway planning
ISBN: 0309088461

"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 546 examines where and how safety can be effectively addressed and integrated into long-range transportation planning at the state and metropolitan levels. The report includes guidance for practitioners in identifying and evaluating alternative ways to incorporate and integrate safety considerations in long-range statewide and metropolitan transportation planning and decision-making processes"--Publisher's description.