Texas urban triangle : creating a spatial decision support system for mobility policy and investments that shape the sustainable growth of Texas.

Details

• Creators:
  Neuman, Michael ; Bright, Elise ; Morgan, Curtis
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  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.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT06-G-0044
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b1dfb0ef0f8f6b7740d591e55aafeee6c1b5dd34479508cc46288fb4fa64021b
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18386/dot_18386_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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