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A guidebook for evaluating the indirect land use and growth impacts of highway improvements : appendices
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2001-04-01
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NTL Classification:NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Travel Demand;NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Land Use;
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Abstract:In 1998, the Oregon Department of Transportation undertook a study of the impacts of highway capacity improvements on land uses and growth, particularly at the urban fringe. The objective was to better understand the cause and effect relationships among highway capacity, travel demand and development patterns. Case studies of six communities provided an in-depth understanding of the pressures which drive development decisions and land use change. This guidebook provides guidance to ODOT staff for completing environmental analysis and documentation on indirect land use impacts of highway improvements, based on findings of the study. One finding was that most highway capacity increases do not cause development to be dramatically different from local land use plan guidance, or from what would have occurred in absence of the highway improvement. Appendices A-F of this report provide background on the study findings, including the literature review, growth trends analysis and six in-depth case studies. Also included in the appendices are a discussion of population and employment forecasting issues and a summary of ODOT processes for project evaluation. 68 p. This document contains only the appendices to the report.
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