01592726

Component

https://doi.org/10.3141/2568-01

The need for innovative regional transportation planning has grown as metropolitan areas consider the impact of congestion reduction efforts on induced demand, public health, and fossil fuel use and climate change. Although conventional practice among metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) is to simply expand roadway capacity to relieve congestion, many MPOs have also developed new solutions. This study qualitatively analyzes a national sample of 38 regional transportation plans to identify best practices among MPOs for increasing the capacity of regional transportation networks without inducing additional traffic or unnecessary emissions. It focuses on real-world examples of innovative practices such as the use of high-occupancy toll lanes on major freeways, regulations and ordinances designed to improve the connectivity of minor streets, management of transit corridors, and the best locations for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure.

01593395

16-2610

English

0000-0002-4117-3456

pp 1–8

2016

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309441254

Print

References (69) ; Tables (1)

Best practices; Bicycling; Decision making; High occupancy toll lanes; Highway capacity; Highway design; Infrastructure; Metropolitan planning organizations; Pedestrians; Pollutants; Qualitative analysis; Regional transportation; Traffic congestion; Transportation planning

Highway expansion

Administration and Management; Environment; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Policy

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 12 2016 5:09PM

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