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The Indian River County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) created a vacant land inventory (VLI) application to identify the development status of land at the parcel level. The results of the vacant land inventory are used by the MPO to develop more accurate travel demand models by improving model inputs and assumptions about future land use and development scenarios. While originally developed as the central component of the MPO’s Visioning and modeling efforts, the model has seen new life as a school planning, utilities modeling, and emergency modeling tool as well. The VLI application integrates a vast amount of spatial data including parcel data, building permit data, future land use and zoning data, traffic analysis zones and street centerlines. The application automates an extensive analysis process and provides outputs in both report format and spatial data files. Parcel development status, as well as future development potential, are determined through a series of spatial overlays and the use of a customized algorithm that determines development status based on the taxable value of the parcel. Building permit data is used to further refine the development status and allows the county to analyze development projects as they progress through the development process. Look-up tables allow users to modify future land use densities and perform various buildout scenarios based on alternative future land use scenarios. The application was built using Mircosoft Access 2000 and ESRI’s ArcGIS and allows users to perform sophisticated geographic information system (GIS) and database analysis without requiring a high level of GIS or database knowledge. Custom ArcGIS map templates were created to allow users to visualize the spatial analysis and results in printer-friendly formats. The model also produces output at the TAZ level for direct input into Land Use and Travel Demand Forecasting models. The MPO developed the tool for use in the 2030 Long Range Transportation Plan and is currently using the application in its development of the 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan. The results of the VLI application have allowed the MPO to analyze the association between land use and transportation. The School Board of Indian River County has used the application for locating a future high school, and for projecting populations by section/township/range. The MPO also provided data from the application to FEMA following Hurricane Frances to assist in the location of temporary housing units based on specific site-selection criteria. Overall, the VLI application has integrated the analysis of numerous spatial data sources and improved the MPO’s ability to plan for the transportation future of Indian River County. For these reasons, the MPO model has been featured in Civil Engineering News and at the annual ESRI GIS conference.

01483192

English

9p

2010

12th National Conference on Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities

Digital/other

CD-ROM; Figures; Maps; References; Tables

Development; Forecasting; Land use planning; Metropolitan planning organizations; Travel demand; Zoning

Vacant land

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jun 27 2013 1:52PM

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• Safe Routes to School: A Collaborative Approach
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