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Rapid urbanization and vehicular traffic growth in urban areas demand effective policy tools to regulate the transportation impacts of land (re)development. Transportation Impact Assessment (TIA) is one of the most promising tools implemented by many city governments around the world. Can and how this policy instrument help promote green transportation modes such as transit, walking, and cycling? This paper fills this knowledge gap by studying the policy and practice of TIA in Zhongshan City in China’s developed Pearl River Delta. The authors analyze the effectiveness of TIA on regulating land development’s traffic impacts and on promoting green transportation. The research reveals that TIA enables local planning authorities to better cope with the traffic externalities stemming from various development projects, and secure necessary resources in advance for green transportation modes. The bargaining process built within the TIA procedure can bring about effective traffic mitigation measures that both benefit city governments and land developers. However, priorities for green transportation modes still need better implementation, with clearly defined performance measures and active roles played by relevant stakeholders.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADD30 Standing Committee on Transportation and Land Development.

18-03865

English

4p

2018

Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; Tables

Impact studies; Land use planning; Nonmotorized transportation; Public transit; Sustainable transportation; Transportation planning; Transportation policy; Urbanization

Zhongshan (China)

Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2018 Paper #18-03865

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 8 2018 10:57AM