The transportation and environmental impacts of infill versus greenfield development: a comparative case study analysis.

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• Creators:
  Schroeer, William
• Corporate Creators:
  Hagler Bailly Services, Inc. ; Criterion Planners/Engineers
• Contributors:
  Anderson, Geoffrey
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Urban and Economic Development Division
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Businesses
  • Case studies
  • Environmental impacts
  • Exhaust gases
  • Performance
  • Real estate development
  • Residential areas
  • Suburbs
  • Traffic models
  • Transportation planning
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  EPA 231-R-99-005
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Maryland ; San Diego (California) ; California ; Florida
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Environmental Protection Agency
• Abstract:
  This paper tries to answer the question of which site provides more efficient or better transportation services to a new residential or commercial development - an urban infill site or a suburban edge/greenfield? In order to answer this question, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) modeled the impacts of the location of a given development (one suburban edge/greenfield and one infill) and compared the results from the model. This was undertaken in three areas of the country: Montgomery County, Maryland; West Palm Beach, Florida; and San Diego, California. Travel costs, transportation system performance, and transportation emissions were examined for each site. Across the board, results indicated that the urban infill site would perform better than the suburban edge/greenfield.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16175/dot_16175_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 367.58 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a00b52b57a58ab3a3e18117a772bcca5d3bb83e22f1be87c22f2cc9602793b10