Integrating the transportation system with a university campus transportation master plan : a case study.

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• Alternative Title:
  Project title: Integrating the transportation system with a university campus transportation master plan
• Creators:
  Aldrete-Sanchez, Rafael ; Shelton, Jeff ; Cheu, Ruey Long
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Ground transportation
  • Local transportation
  • Passenger transportation
  • Pedestrian areas
  • Crosswalks
  • Pedestrian movement
  • Pedestrian traffic
  • Pedestrian safety
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-10/0-6608-2 ; 0-6608-2
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Technical report; May 2009-August 2009.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  University campuses are considered major trip attractors. This intense level of activity generates significant ; congestion levels within the campuses and in their vicinity, particularly in urban campus settings. With ; university enrollment trends expected to increase substantially in the next decade, this problem can only be ; expected to become worse. In addition, university campus settings are multi-modal and complex in nature, ; incorporating vehicular traffic, transit, and pedestrians into one transportation system. This creates a ; significant challenge for university campus planners when trying to incorporate their campus master plan ; into the overall regional or metropolitan transportation system. Systematic approaches to planning for the ; interaction of the various transport modes (including auto, transit, bicycle, and pedestrians) within the ; university campus system, and for the integration of these different modes with the larger transportation ; system, have not been documented. The mix of concentrated levels of pedestrian and bicycle traffic with ; vehicular congestion in a campus setting creates a number of significant conflict areas that range from ; pedestrian and cyclist safety to traffic and transit operations. These conflicts are exacerbated by the multijurisdictional ; nature of these interactions, which involve authorities at the campus, city, and state level. The ; objective of this research is to document a systematic approach to analyze the problems associated with the ; interaction and integration between university campus transportation systems and the larger metropolitan ; transportation system, in order to develop solutions to these problems.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  0-6608
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17903/dot_17903_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 10.22 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5d6d607b189d78e91092cc56e92c90f088cd1a02fa1d8a561a46ff54c7eb550bea03d7b692878802b4a8451878ae97740280a374550907bf00726eeda0062e10