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Title: LINKING LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION IN THE OREGON HIGHWAY PLAN
Accession Number: 00939762
Record Type: Component
Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Abstract: Balancing main street's need for accessibility with the state highway system's need for mobility is one of several key land use/transportation issues in Oregon's 1998 Highway Plan. The plan, an update of the 1991 Highway Plan, recognizes the links between land use and transportation, mobility and accessibility, and state and local interests. The plan recognizes the importance of main streets as compact, pedestrian-friendly community centers as well as the need to protect mobility for through traffic outside these centers. The Highway Plan includes policies on land use and transportation, access management, level of service standards, off-system improvements, and interjurisdictional partnerships that address these issues. The policy on land use and transportation recognizes the roles and responsibilities of state and local government in maintaining accessibility and mobility on the state highway. It encourages the designation of a "special transportation area" (STA) where a community center straddles the state highway. The primary objective of a highway facility in an STA is to provide access to community activities, businesses and residences. Outside STAs, traffic speeds are higher and driveway access and spacing depend on highway classification. The designation of an STA is a joint state and local process involving a management plan that addresses street design, travel times, traffic impacts, and local auto and bicycle/pedestrian circulation. The policy directs the state to work with local governments to support compact development and maintain level of service standards outside of STAs. The policies on access management and level of service standards are linked to this land use policy and to land use types. Since Oregon's resources for adding capacity are very limited, the plan emphasizes increased access management to provide safety and maintain travel speeds, with standards varying according to highway classification and urban development. The level of service standards are used to maintain consistency between desired highway performance and intensity of land use development. The policy on state-local partnerships supports joint planning and project development to enhance the seamless qualities of the transportation system. The policy on off-system improvements supports state assistance on a local transportation system where the off-system improvement is a cost-effective way to improve the operation of the state highway system. Underlying the policies are state participation in local transportation planning and local participation in state highway corridor planning. These include land use elements.
Supplemental Notes: The CD-ROM contains the proceedings of the sixth, seventh and eighth conferences. The seventh conference proceedings were published in September 1999.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 00939750
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Gassaway, CEditors: Donnelly, RPagination: p. 133-140
Publication Date: 2002
Conference:
Seventh TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning Methods
Location:
Boston, Massachusetts Features: Figures
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TRT Terms:
Access control (Transportation); Accessibility; Driveways; Highway corridors; Highway planning; Highway safety; Joint development; Land use; Land use planning; Level of service; Local government; Mobility; Partnerships; State government; State highways; Through traffic; Traffic speed; Transportation policy; Urban development
Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Mar 17 2003 12:00AM
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