Land Use Impact of Improving State Highway 352 in a Developing Area of Dallas, 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 Collection Highways Impact Land Use Property Road Construction Traffic Lanes
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-80/10+225-17
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Dallas (Texas) ; United States
• Edition:
  Interim - September 1976 to April 1979
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Abstract:
  Previous studies of highway construction effects on 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 land use effects of such improvements. This report relates the findings of research done in Dallas, Texas, where a section of State Highway 352 (Scyene Road) was upgraded from a two-lane concrete roadway with a center stripe and open ditch to two roadways with three lanes going each direction with protected left turns and' curbs and gutters. The improvement took place in a developing area where over half of the land was undeveloped. The predominant type of development was single family residential. 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 planning for this specific improvement began up through 1978. Total acreage in each type of land use was determined for 1959 and 1964, which were before the road improvement, and for 1971 and 1978, which were both after the road improvement. 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:
  urn:sha-512:4e22759b955e12a4c640895bec608a51fc47951d9cd154e288af96b3ce5dce9e7d169bbd58363014c0ced488c9ec72bbe7677f1a5f95e6a7e65517699842687d
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/85638/dot_85638_DS1.pdf
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