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Title:

When Main Street Is a Highway: Case Studies in Addressing Conflicts Between Land Use and Transportation

Accession Number:

01662714

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Major at-grade thoroughfares are a source of conflict for planners because of the corridors’ dual, often competing, roles. These routes are critical highways for cross-state travel, commuting, and movement of freight, with an emphasis on mobility and expectations of high travel speeds and limited stopping. For local residents in both long-established and developing communities, these corridors sometimes function as the community’s “main street,” providing access to homes and businesses, often at the cost of regional mobility. This paper presents a study designed to identify solutions to this main street / highway conflict through identifying planning strategies that could be implemented by localities and state departments of transportation (DOTs) and highlighting resources that could help in identifying and implementing solutions. Five case studies serve as examples of how the conflict between local access and through mobility was managed by public agencies in various contexts. The main street / highway conflict is fundamentally an issue of transportation and land use coordination. It is likely that no individual solution can fully address the conflict. Because most state DOTs have limited influence over land use and development along state highways, a practice of strong interagency coordination, cooperation, and public participation is necessary. As DOTs develop roadway projects, they will encounter opportunities to respond to concerns of local stakeholders.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADA10 Standing Committee on Statewide Multimodal Transportation Planning.

Report/Paper Numbers:

18-00370

Language:

English

Authors:

Ohlms, Peter B
Roy, Kayleigh M

Pagination:

18p

Publication Date:

2018

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2018-1-7 to 2018-1-11
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References

Subject Areas:

Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2018 Paper #18-00370

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 8 2018 10:06AM