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http://www.teachamerica.c...ment.info/pdf/AM00PAPR.pdf

At its inception in 1993 New York State Department of Transportation's (NYSDOT's) access management efforts focused on emulating the widely recognized, top-down initiatives of Florida, Colorado and New Jersey. By late 1994, however, this approach had been abandoned as there was little effective support for what was perceived to be an intrusion on local government prerogative in a home-rule State. Since then, however, New York's initiative has evolved into what is arguably one of the most successful, bottom-up, access management programs in the Northeast --with roughly 12 new and 24 on-going projects and direct interaction with over 30 new local project candidates in 1999. This paper examines this initiative and simply asks the question, "How were three people with no defined role in transportation planning, project development or the highway work permit process, and no direct influence over local land-use planning and management, able to create a program with ongoing collaborations in well over 30 communities?" The answer, we (the Arterial Access Management Team) apply techniques that facilitate state-local collaboration in an environment where participation by the major actors is largely voluntary. This paper discusses the five principal techniques that the team employs: (1) be opportunistic - focus on high potential areas but be flexible and respond to unanticipated events; (2) use the right bait, self interest -- provide solutions that benefit all parties in their own terms; (3) focus on broader objectives -- recognize that the benefits of access management transcend traffic safety and efficiency; (4) recognize and overcome barriers to cooperation - devise ways to work with decentralized multifaceted organizations and resolve turf issues; finally (5) build teams using local leaders - achieve success by using local officials and regional staff as leaders, salesmen and catalysts ...in their community and beyond.

English

10p

2000

Fourth National Access Management Conference

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Access control (Transportation); Arterial highways; Benefits; Cooperation; Land use planning; Permits; Project management; Teams; Transportation planning

New York (State)

Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB

Dec 30 2003 12:00AM

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