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Urban form studies have generally used regional density vs. sprawl land use scenarios to assess travel behavior outcomes. The more nuanced but nonetheless important allocation of jobs and housing and their relationship to each other as a factor in travel behavior has received much less attention. That relationship is explored in this state-wide urban form study for Maryland. This is a state where county land use has a long tradition of growth management, but one whose regional and statewide implications have not been evaluated. How does a continuation of the County level smart growth regime play out statewide compared to other scenarios of job and housing distribution that are driven by higher driving costs or transit oriented development goals or local zoning rather than local policy-driven projections? Answers are provided through the application of a new statewide travel demand model. The findings suggest that the debate should move beyond walkability, density and compact growth and towards a more productive dialog about how we organize whole cities and regions.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADA10(2) Statewide Travel Demand Forecasting. Alternate title: Even Smarter Growth? Land Use, Transportation, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Maryland.

01503729

14-5306

English

26p

2014

Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Greenhouse gases; Housing; Jobs; Land use; Smart growth; Transportation planning; Travel behavior; Travel demand

Urban form

Maryland

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-5306

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 27 2014 3:51PM