Development of minimum state requirements for local growth management policies — phase 1.

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• Creators:
  Renne, John L. ; Tolford, Tara M.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of New Orleans. Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration ; United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Land use planning
  • Economic impacts
  • Environmental impacts
  • Social impacts
  • Transportation planning
  • Transportation policy
  • State of the practice
  • Evaluation
  • Guidelines
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/LA.14/545
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Louisiana
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Center for Intermodal Transportation ; Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Abstract:
  This research entailed the development of minimum requirements for local growth management policies for use ; in Louisiana. The purpose of developing minimum statewide standards is to try to alleviate some of the stress ; placed on state and local governments by uncontrolled development, while also improving state and local ; governments’ ability to meet current and future demand for transportation infrastructure and effectively ; implement existing state transportation policies and programs. ; This study evaluated the current state of growth management practice, evaluated statewide trends, existing ; conditions, and opportunities, and solicited extensive local participation feedback. In addition, this study ; included evaluation of the potential economic, social, and environmental impacts of implementing selected ; growth management policies. This was achieved through a mixed methods approach that includes both ; quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection and analysis, including the following components: a ; review of the literature, identification of current state-of-practice in Louisiana and analysis of the legal ; framework underlying growth management policy, a socioeconomic and demographic analysis of the trends at ; the Parish level, two statewide polls, a series of stakeholder meetings, modeling the effectiveness of potential ; policies based on transportation and return-on-investment outcomes, additional workshops with stakeholders to ; determine the feasibility and demand for implementation of proposed policies. ; The result of this research was the development of a series of potential Growth Management Guidelines that ; local jurisdictions, regional agencies, and the State of Louisiana may use to better align transportation and land ; use planning and facilitate the growth of more livable communities across the state. It includes a set of key ; guidelines that constitute a “blueprint” for Louisiana growth management policy.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  LTRC Project Number: 12-4SS;State Project Number: 30000606
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/29680/dot_29680_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.51 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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