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Title:

Strategic Active Transportation Planning for Metropolitan Planning Organizations with Limited Resources

Accession Number:

01697544

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Active transportation plays an important role in metropolitan transportation planning, however many Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) can find strategic planning for pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure challenging. The methodology presented in this paper illustrates a step-by-step process for strategic active transportation planning, aimed at small- or medium-sized MPOs in predominantly auto-dependent urban areas, where planning for pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure can be challenging either due to common misconceptions about the role of active transportation, or an agency’s limited capabilities to collect and analyze data related to active transportation planning. The methodology consists of four steps. In the first step, Active Transportation Corridors are designated based on regional travel patterns and destinations. Designation of the corridors reduces the data-heaviness of the second step, where data is gathered and analyzed only for an area within one-mile of the designated corridors. In the third step, performance of the Active Transportation Corridors is assessed and the last step is dedicated to programming and implementation. This study aims to encourage even those agencies without existing data collection programs to start with their strategic active transportation planning based on the data that is readily available (for example from U.S. Census Bureau, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Park Service, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Strava), and possibly complement it with local data. An example from El Paso Metropolitan Planning Organization illustrates the steps of the methodology.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADA30 Standing Committee on Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities.

Report/Paper Numbers:

19-05169

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

Authors:

Vavrova, Marketa
Medina, Michael
Chang, Carlos M

Pagination:

26p

Publication Date:

2019

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2019-1-13 to 2019-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Automobile dependence

Subject Areas:

Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2019 Paper #19-05169

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 7 2018 9:31AM