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Land Use Impacts of the Houston Transitway System: Fourth Year Update
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1988-08-01
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Edition:Interim - September 1987 - August 1988
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Abstract:This report provides a fourth-year update of research performed under Project 2-10-85-1086 between the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation and the Texas Transportation Institute. The data collection and analysis procedures are closely tied to the basic procedures used in other transit/ land use impact studies. The research plan (Technical Report 1086-2) outlines how the work is to be performed and sets forth the basic framework for the data collection activities and anticipated results. This five-year research effort examines transportation and land use impacts resulting from the implementation of an extensive priority system of busways (transitways) and park-and-ride facilities in Houston, Texas. Over the duration of this research, four high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes with supporting park-and-ride facilities will be placed in operation in Houston's North (I-45N), Katy (I-10W), Gulf (I-455) and Northwest (US 290) Freeway Corridors. The impacts resulting from three of these HOV treatments (I-45N, I-45S, I-10W) are the object of this research. Results indicate that while the transportation impacts of those elements of the Houston Transitway system which are operational have been substantial, no substantial land use impacts can be identified at this time. It appears that a more definitive assessment of land use impacts may not be possible until the transitway system is fully operational and more fully integrated into the community's total transportation system.
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