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Creators:
Neuman, Michael ; Bright, Elise ; Morgan, Curtis
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Corporate Creators:
Texas Transportation Institute
Subject/TRT Terms:
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City Planning Mobility Urban Transportation Urban Transportation--Texas--Planning
Publication/ Report Number:
UTCM 09-30-10
Resource Type:
Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:
Texas
Edition:
Final report; 2/1/09¿5/31/10.
Corporate Publisher:
Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.)
Abstract:
This project developed a GIS-based Spatial Decision Support System to help local, metropolitan, and state

jurisdictions and authorities in Texas understand the implications of transportation planning and

investment decisions, and plan appropriately for the future. It provides an easily accessible, graphically

represented, interactive database on infrastructural, demographic, environmental, agricultural, economic,

hazard, and land use factors that affect transportation corridor location decisions. Specifically, the project

team created an Internet-based spatial decision support system that will allow users to identify and

visualize geographically those critical issues related to locating single mode or multi-modal surface

transportation corridors for freight and passengers. Decision makers will be able to test multiple attributes

in the decision making model to compare multiple transportation corridor scenarios for optimal mobility

based on the decision parameters developed in the model. Jurisdictions and transportation authorities will

use this tool to guide future decisions on transportation and its impacts on urban growth in a sustainable

manner so that the need for economic development is balanced with environmental protection and human

health, safety, and welfare. The system also helps address important research questions related to where

future growth will occur in the Texas Urban Triangle, and at what scale, densities, and uses and to study

selected impacts of this growth. Finally, the SDSS demonstrates the usefulness of WebGIS in facilitating

sustainable transportation planning, policy making and investment decisions.


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PDF
Funding:
DTRT06-G-0044
Collection(s):
US Transportation Collection University Transportation Centers
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