Accessing the mega-region : evaluating the role of livable community patterns in Gulf Coast mega-region planning.

Details

• Creators:
  Fields, Billy
• Corporate Creators:
  Gulf Coast Center for Evacuation and Transportation Resiliency
• Corporate Contributors:
  University Transportation Centers Program (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Transportation planning
  • Trails
  • Greenways
  • Urban areas
  • Evaluation
  • Quality of life
  • Sustainable development
  • Case studies
• Publication/ Report Number:
  SWUTC/15/600451-00109-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  This research analyzes both the need and mechanisms for integrating livability components such as ; transit and active transportation into a broader mega-regions transportation framework. The research ; builds a conceptual framework for understanding how transportation livability concepts fit within the ; larger mega-regions literature. This framework based around the study of regional green infrastructure ; greenbelt systems is then used to analyze key strategies that could be integrated into the larger Gulf ; Coast/Texas mega-region transportation planning framework through analysis of three case studies in ; greater Houston, Austin/San Antonio, and New Orleans/Baton Rouge regions. Major existing and ; emerging opportunities to tie infrastructure into a mega-region transportation system are identified in ; these three case studies.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT07-G-UTC06
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/29377/dot_29377_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.64 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:efd5af9a8fe0c625d73f4a0728d9a7495257ac45962597c7e29cf3bff64127be