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Title:

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM CORRIDORS

Accession Number:

00238379

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

A PARTICULAR TYPE OF URBAN AREA CORRIDOR THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM CORRIDOR IN WHCIH SEVERAL TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES UTILIZE THE SAME RIGHT-OF-WAY IS DISCUSSED. IT IS POINTED OUT THAT CORRIDORS INVOLVING SEVERAL TRANSPORT MODES SHOULD NOT BE DEVELOPED SIMPLY BECAUSE CHEAP RIGHTS-OF-WAY ARE AVAILABLE. AN IMPORTANT PLANNING CONSIDERATION IS THE FUTURE TRAVEL DEMAND AS DETERMINED BY A CAREFUL STUDY OF FUTURE DISTRIBUTION AND INCREASE OF POPULATION, EMPLOYMENT, USE OF LAND AND OTHER SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE TRAVEL. AT PRESENT, THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ADEQUATE LEGAL ENABLING FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS. PROPERLY PLANNED AND DEVELOPED, TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS HAVE ENORMOUS POTENTIAL IN OUR CROWED URBAN AREAS.

Supplemental Notes:

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Monograph Accession #:

01410118

Authors:

Campbell, E Wilson

Pagination:

pp 26-35

Publication Date:

1967

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 166
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures (4) ; Photos (5)

Uncontrolled Terms:

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Subject Areas:

Design; Economics; Law; Society; Transportation (General)

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

May 18 1994 12:00AM

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