Frontage Roads in Texas: Legal Issues, Operational Issues, and Land Use Distinctions

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• Creators:
  Kockelman, Kara ; Overman, Aaron ; Madi, Marwan ; Peterman, Jenny ; Machemehl, Randy ; Handy, Susan
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Best practices
  • Frontage roads
  • State departments of transportation
  • Surveys
  • Access
  • Benefit cost analysis
  • Costs
  • Construction
  • Highway design
  • Freeways Austin
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  Report No. 0-1873-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas;United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Abstract:
  This research project investigates frontage roads as an element of limited-access highway design. The discussion in this paper reviews legal statutes affecting public access to roadways, summarizes studies on access-right valuation, and considers a variety of operational issues associated with frontage roads. Ongoing, additional investigative efforts regarding policies and practices in other states, construction costs, and design comparisons aim to produce a comprehensive assessment of the benefits and costs entailed by frontage road provision. The ultimate results of this two-year project seek to enable the Texas Department of Transportation to objectively weigh the costs and benefits of frontage roads and modify practices so that the best projects for the state and its communities result.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/14859/dot_14859_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 15.04 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:44e99a98a244457414b3ac316518a7e2382a307e4c829c6db1789376fcc068bced18d735c3351fc2db109d4850924fbdfb5f0c93877e0e0cb30d0510d22a026e