Traffic modeling of transit oriented development : evaluation of transit friendly strategies and innovative intersection designs in West Valley City, UT.

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• Creators:
  Zhou, Xuesong ; Martin, Peter T. ; Zlatkovic, Milan ; Tasic, Ivana
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Utah. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Evaluation Highway Design Intersections Networks Traffic Calming Traffic Models Transit Oriented Development Travel Demand
• Publication/ Report Number:
  MPC 14-270
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Utah
• Corporate Publisher:
  Mountain-Plains Consortium
• Abstract:
  Street networks designed to support Transit Oriented Development (TOD) increase accessibility for non-motorized traffic. However, the implications of TOD supportive networks for still dominant vehicular
  
  traffic are rarely addressed. Due to this lack of research, decision making in favor of TOD supportive
  
  street networks is often a difficult process. The goal of this project is to quantify the traffic impacts of
  
  TOD using a study network in West Valley City, Utah. In our methodology, the test network is modified
  
  using not only designs typical for TODs, but also some network designs that enhance traffic operations.
  
  Proposed network designs represent the alternatives to traditional street widening approaches that should
  
  increase traffic efficiency while not discouraging non-motorized modes. This approach would increase
  
  the potential of the test network to become a TOD in the future, with two Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lines
  
  already in place. The results indicate that network designs that could be beneficial for TOD, such as
  
  enhanced street connectivity, innovative intersection designs, traffic calming measures and Transit
  
  Friendly Designs (TFD), do not necessarily decrease the efficiency of vehicular traffic for the most
  
  critical travel demand conditions. The major contributions of this study are the indications that TOD-supportive network designs are not necessarily associated with negative effects for vehicular traffic, even
  
  in conditions where mode shift does not occur and auto-mode travel demand remains the same. This is a
  
  significant finding that could be useful for metropolitan regions looking to retrofit the suburban
  
  neighborhoods into multimodal developments.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Project # MPC-393
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
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