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Title: COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF TRAVEL CHARACTERISTICS FOR NEOTRADITIONAL DESIGNS
Accession Number: 00638776
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The claim that transportation benefits can be derived from neotraditional neighborhood design is explored. Conventional transportation planning models are used as tools to evaluate the performance differences of two hypothetical street networks designed to replicate a neotraditional and a conventional suburban community. Relative transportation benefits are measured in terms of vehicle kilometers traveled, average trip lengths, and congestion on links and at intersections. This comparison provides an assessment of how well the two networks in question deal with trips generated by the activities that they serve. All aspects of the modeled communities are held constant except for the actual configuration of the networks. The results of this evaluation indicate that equivalent levels of activity (defined by the land uses within the community) can produce greater congestion with conventional network structures and that corresponding average trip lengths are generally longer. The ultimate goal is to determine if one network type, because of the nature of its design, can result in a more efficient transportation system. The results indicate that neotraditional designs can improve system performance.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1400, Planning and Programming, Land Use, Public Participation, and Computer Technology in Transportation. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Monograph Title: Planning and programming, land use, public participation, and computer technology in transportation Monograph Accession #: 01403242
Language: English
Authors: Pagination: p. 67-77
Publication Date: 1993
Serial: ISBN: 0309054702
Features: Figures
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; References
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Design; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Nov 10 1993 12:00AM
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