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Land Use Impact of Improving Antoine Drive in a Developed Residential Area in Houston, Texas
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1979-03-01
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Edition:Interim: September, 1976 - March, 1979
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Abstract:Previous studies on effects of highway construction upon land use have focused mainly upon the effects of the construction of new highways. In view of a new emphasis upon upgrading and expanding existing facilities rather than building new ones, the need arises for information concerning the effects of such improvements upon land use. This report relates the findings of research done in an area of Houston, Texas, where Antoine Drive was upgraded from a two-lane to a four-lane divided street. The improvement took place in a developed urban area where the predominant land use was residential. Land use changes were analyzed for both abutting and nonabutting properties that might have been affected by the street improvement. Data were collected for a 15-year period, which includes five years before construction began. Total acres in each type of land use were determined for two "before construction" years, 1964 and 1968, and for two "after construction" years, 1972 and 1978. Comparisons were made of the types of arid rates of development before and after upgrading occurred. The data are reported in narrative, graphic, and tabular form. Causes of development in the area other than the street improvement were also researched and are reported. Highway planners should be able to use this report and subsequent reports of this study to make more accurate predictions of land use changes due to specific highway improvements.
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