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Component

This study evaluates transportation supply and performance indicators for 13 metropolitan areas to test the hypothesis that a smart growth transportation system--one that features a more dense and well-connected network of streets, shorter block sizes, and extensive transit service--will result in fewer vehicle trips and miles of travel, less congestion, and decreased vehicle emissions as compared to a conventional suburban transportation system. The study also evaluates changes in traffic congestion over time for a set of metropolitan regions with stable or declining population, growing urban area, and increased road supply.

The symposium proceedings are available on CD-ROM.

00989133

English

24p

2003-7

2nd Urban Street Symposium: Uptown, Downtown, or Small Town: Designing Urban Streets That Work

CD-ROM

Figures (1) ; References (7) ; Tables (8)

Metropolitan areas; Smart growth; Traffic congestion; Transportation

Performance indicators

Design; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure

TRIS, TRB

Apr 7 2005 12:00AM

• A METHODOLOGY TO ASSESS DESIGN FEATURES FOR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST CROSSINGS AT SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS
• A ROUNDABOUT CASE STUDY COMPARING CAPACITY ESTIMATES FROM ALTERNATIVE ANALYTICAL MODELS
• A TALE OF TWO STREETSCAPES
• BACK IN ANGLE PARKING IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
• BLIND PEDESTRIANS AT UNFAMILIAR SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS: RESEARCH ON SAFETY
• BUS RAPID TRANSIT ON CITY STREETS: HOW DOES IT WORK
• CHARLOTTE'S URBAN STREET DESIGN GUIDELINES: A CONTEXT-SENSITIVE DECISION-MAKING METHOD
• COMPARISON OF CRASHES ON MEDIAN-DIVIDED AND FIVE-LANE ROADWAYS IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
• COMPARISON OF SAFETY PERFORMANCE OF URBAN STREETS BEFORE AND AFTER LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS
• CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN CHALLENGES FOR MAJOR SUBURBAN ARTERIAL STREET PROJECTS
• CROSS BRONX CONNECTOR ROAD SYSTEM
• DESIGN CHANGES FOR LIVABLE URBAN STREETS
• DESIGN GUIDANCE FOR GREAT STREETS: ADDRESSING CONTEXT SENSITIVITY FOR MAJOR URBAN STREETS
• ENGINEERS, PLANNERS, AND PHILOSOPHERS
• EVALUATING OPERATING SPEEDS FOR LOW-SPEED URBAN STREETS
• FIELD OBSERVATIONS OF PATH AND SPEED OF MOTORISTS AT DOUBLE-LANE ROUNDABOUTS
• GRANT AVENUE IN ODESSA, TEXAS: A DOWNTOWN STREETSCAPE SUCCESS
• HOW MUCH DO YOU LOSE WHEN YOUR ROAD GOES ON A DIET?
• HOW PLANNING DECISIONS IMPACT HIGHWAY COLLISION HISTORIES
• IDENTIFYING LOCATIONS FOR BUS NUB INSTALLATION ON URBAN ROADWAYS
• IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM FOR ACCESS MANAGEMENT IN TEXAS: LESSONS LEARNED
• IN-PAVEMENT FLASHING CROSSWALKS - STATE OF THE ART
• IOWA'S STATEWIDE URBAN DESIGN STANDARDS PROMOTE IMPROVED ACCESS MANAGEMENT
• LEFT-TURN LANE INSTALLATION GUIDELINES
• LIVABLE STREETS INITIATIVE: THE TENSION BETWEEN ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS AND VIRGINIA CODE AND GUIDELINES
• MEDIAN BUS LANE DESIGN IN VANCOUVER, BC: THE #98 B-LINE
• MOVING FORWARD WHEN YOU CANNOT SEE: ISSUES OF PEDESTRIANS WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN THE URBAN STREET ENVIRONMENT
• NEW INTERCHANGE AND INTERSECTION DESIGNS: THE SYNCHRONIZED SPLIT-PHASING INTERSECTION AND THE DIVERGING DIAMOND INTERCHANGE
• OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OF ROUNDABOUTS
• PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PLAN FOR THE KELLY PARKWAY CORRIDOR STUDY: CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN
• SAFETY EFFECTS OF MARKED VS. UNMARKED CROSSWALKS AT UNCONTROLLED LOCATIONS: RESULTS FROM 30 CITIES
• SIGNING AND PAVEMENT-MARKING STRATEGIES FOR MULTI-LANE ROUNDABOUTS: AN INFORMAL INVESTIGATION
• SIMULATING ROUNDABOUTS WITH VISSIM
• SLIPPERS METAL COVERS: HOW LONG ARE WE GONNA BEAR WITH IT?
• SMART GROWTH ALTERNATIVES TO MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS
• STREET SYSTEMS AND CLASSIFICATIONS TO SUPPORT SMART GROWTH
• THE DOUBLE-WIDE DESIGN: AN INEXPENSIVE WAY TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS ON FOUR-LANE HIGHWAYS
• THE EFFECTS OF SCHOOL ZONES ON DRIVER BEHAVIOR
• THE USE OF GPS AND GIS TO ANALYZE ACCESS NEAR INTERSECTIONS
• TRAFFIC CALMING IN A SMART GROWTH COMMUNITY
• TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AND SAFETY AT SCHOOLS: REVIEW OF EXISTING GUIDELINES
• TRANSPORTATION CONCERNS NEAR SCHOOLS
• URBAN MINOR ARTERIAL FOUR-LANE UNDIVIDED TO THREE-LANE CONVERSION FEASIBILITY: AN UPDATE
• URBAN STREET: IS THERE ROOM FOR SEGWAY (TRADEMARK) HUMAN TRANSPORTER (HT)?
• USE OF ROUNDABOUTS IN AN URBAN SETTING
• USING THE NUMBER OF PASSING AND MEETING EVENTS TO DESIGN PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SHARED-USE PATHS