Author: Randy ArmourPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Highway planning
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Assessment of Techniques for Corridor Preservation in South Dakota
Author: Randy ArmourPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Highway planning
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Protecting and Preserving Rail Corridors Against Encroachment of Incompatible Uses
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Rail Corridor preservation and planning for the purpose of reducing or restricting incompatible development is an area of growing importance. This report provides an overview regarding encroachment and the elements that contribute to potentially incompatible development along rail corridors. The report reviews the legal tools that currently exist within Texas for corridor preservation and provides recommendations for new legislation, including draft legislation. The report then reviews the state of practice of corridor planning and preservation with mitigation against encroachment both in Texas and in selected other states around the country. The report pays special attention to incidents in which rail corridors are envisioned to host both freight and passenger services and the implications on land use. Finally, the report provides a review of costs associated to deal with encroachment, whether by planning, preservation, collaboration, or mitigation.
Essays on Transport Economics
Author: Pablo Coto-MillánPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3790817651
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
This book explores analytical methods used in transportation economics and policy analysis. Encompassing fields of economics such as Industrial Organisation, Welfare Economics, General Equilibrium Theory and Input-Output-Analysis, the study of transport from an economic point of view serves as a test bench for applying methodologies of economic science to the real world. Each chapter opens with a brief theoretical introduction before evaluating case studies, using the state-of-the-art statistical and econometric techniques.
Planning and Analysis, 2006
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research BoardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Risk-based Framework Using Geographic Information Systems to Identify Transportation Corridors Vulnerable to Development
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Geographic information systems
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is increasingly involved with the land development process in evolving transportation corridors. This process includes consideration of real estate interests, rezoning and permitting approvals, site plans, public utilities, right of way, access management, and the transportation facilities themselves. Localities may compete with one another for economic development and withhold plans for developing corridors or may simply be unaware of development intentions. It is therefore important that VDOT transportation planners anticipate and proactively address future development along corridors to avoid surprise, regret, and belated action. With many thousands of miles of undeveloped corridors across the Commonwealth, VDOT must prioritize the corridors and corridor sections most in need of immediate attention. This study developed a comprehensive approach using geographic information systems (GIS) to identify and prioritize the needs for protection strategies in countywide corridors. Over eighty GIS data layers sourced from VDOT, Fauquier County, and others were evaluated to determine appropriate factors for the analysis. Layers not available to other counties were ruled out. Layers were selected by adopting principles of risk management, asking experts about the flaws and consequences in corridor protection. Four indicator factors including lateral distance from corridors, proximity to intersection of corridors, proximity to population centers, and proximity to employment centers were used in the analysis to identify parcels with a high likelihood of development. Two constraint factors including protected parcels and economically developed parcels were used to identify very low likelihoods of development and eliminate parcels from the analysis. Several corridor sections were identified as candidates for further study of protection strategies including early right-of-way acquisition and access management. The density of curb cuts and the average parcel values and development likelihoods were plotted against the centerline mile to suggest the opportunities and costs of risk management. The methodology aims to generate maximum insight by using a manageable number of GIS layers and is repeatable in other cities, counties, and regions of Virginia by using currently available data. The suggested training material for the GIS analysts is (1) the PowerPoint presentation initially developed for the steering committee, and (2) the sample GIS layers and associated files that were used for the Fauquier County case study. Both are available for download at www.virginia.edu/crmes/corridorprotection. The results (relative prioritization of corridor sections) are not dependent on assumptions or steps that may differ from analyst to analyst. In the future, a web- or spreadsheet-based implementation of the layer combination process could be developed for use in presentations and public meetings. The results will help VDOT make the business case for corridor protection, for example, considering cost-effectiveness, return on investment, multiple objectives and stakeholders, and/or cost-benefit ratio. The results (maps of priorities) should highlight the features that confirm and reject the intuition of the planner and analyst. Numerous examples of such insights gained in discussion of the results with Fauquier County planning staff and the steering committee are included in this report.
Access Rights
Author: Del HuntingtonPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 030909755X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 351 examines issues involved in acquiring access rights along roadways other than freeways. The report documents the state of the practice with the intent to limit the amount of access to the roadway for the purpose of managing highway safety and mobility. The report documents successful practices and current policies, legal and real estate literature, and other publications that address this subject.
Red River Valley Water Supply Project
Author: Setting a Vision for Greenway Conservation
Author: Missouri River Flood Plain Legal and Institutional Framework Study for Middle and Lower Missouri River Flood Plain Committee, Missouri River Basin Commission by School of Law, University of Missouri-Columbia ; Peter N. Davis
Author: Peter N. DavisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Geological Survey Professional Paper
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description