Land Use Impact of Improving Section Two of Farm-to-Market Road 157 in a Developing Area of Arlington, Texas

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• Creators:
  Cosby, Pamela J. ; Buffington, Jesse L.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Abutments Data Analysis Highways Impact Land Use Planning Property Road Construction
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX·79/ +225-15
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Texas
• Edition:
  Interim - September 1976 - October 1979
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Abstract:
  Previous studies on the 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 Arlington, Texas where a section of Farm-to-Market Road 157 was restriped to create five lanes where four had previously existed. The additional lane is used as a continuous left turn lane. The road already had curbs and gutters. The improvement took place in a developing area where the majority of the land was still unimproved. Land use changes were analyzed for both abutting and nonabutting properties that might have been affected by the road improvement. Data were collected for a period including six years before the improvement began up to the end of 1978. Total acres in each type of land use were determined for two "before construction" years, 1963 and 1968, and for two "after construction" years, 1970 and 1978. Comparisons were made of the types and rates of development before and after the 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.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  2-8-77-225
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/85628/dot_85628_DS1.pdf
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