When main street is a highway : addressing conflicts between land use and transportation.

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• Creators:
  Ohlms, Peter B. ; Roy, Kayleigh M.
• Corporate Creators:
  Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC)
• Corporate Contributors:
  Virginia. Dept. of Transportation ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Highways
  • Highway planning
  • Transportation planning
  • Land use planning
  • Streets
  • Roads
  • access management
  • mobility
  • main street
  • land use
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/VTRC 17-R13
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Virginia
• Corporate Publisher:
  Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC)
• Abstract:
  Major at-grade regional thoroughfares in Virginia are a source of conflict for planners because of the corridors’ dual, often ; competing, roles. For many Virginians, these routes are critical highways for cross-state travel, commuting, and movement of ; freight, with an emphasis on mobility and expectations of high travel speeds and limited stopping. For local residents in both ; long-established and developing communities, these corridors sometimes function as the community’s “main street,” providing ; access to homes and businesses, often at the cost of regional mobility. ; The purpose of this study was to identify solutions to this main street / highway conflict through a review of relevant ; regulations, identification of planning solutions that could be implemented by localities and the Virginia Department of ; Transportation (VDOT), and the highlighting of resources that could help with the process of identifying and implementing ; solutions. In addition, case studies were selected to serve as examples of how the conflict between local access and through ; mobility has been managed by public agencies in various contexts. ; The main street / highway conflict is fundamentally an issue of transportation and land use coordination. No individual ; solution can fully address the conflict. Because VDOT has limited influence over land use and development along state ; highways, a practice of strong interagency coordination, cooperation, and public participation is necessary. As VDOT develops ; roadway projects, it must respond to concerns of local stakeholders, in part by demonstrating how engineering solutions can lead ; to locally desired outcomes. ; The study recommends that VDOT consider the previously mentioned issues in refining an existing planning process for ; arterial highways that may reflect the main street / highway conflict. It also recommends that VDOT ensure that its planners ; working on major regional thoroughfares are familiar with (1) relevant design manuals, treatments, and concepts, such as contextsensitive ; urban thoroughfare design and unconventional intersection designs; and (2) methods to facilitate interagency ; coordination and public participation.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  106421
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31686/dot_31686_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 956.14 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a05ed7dc51eb09ec38f953e2788f73eb8d52faefa434d14dce5e6578477bdc04