Land Use Impact of Improving West Berry Street in a Developed Area of Fort Worth, 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 Planning Real Property Road Construction Traffic Lanes
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-79/l6-225-19
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Texas
• Edition:
  Interim: September 1976 - July 1980
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Abstract:
  Previous land use studies about the effects of highway construction have focused mainly on the effects of new construction. Due to the present emphasis on upgrading and expanding existing facilities rather than building new ones, the need arises for information concerning the effects on land use of such improvements. This report relates the findings of research done in an area of Fort Worth, Texas, where a section of West Berry Street was upgraded from a four-lane facility with head-in parking on the sides to a six-lane facility with a continuous left turn lane. The improvement took place in a developed area where the predominant and use was single family residential. Land use changes were analyzed for both abutting and nonabutting properties that might have been affected by the road improvement. Formal planning for the project began in 1969, and the construction was completed in 1972. Total acreage in each type of land use was determined for two before years, 1964 and 1968, and for two after years, 1973 and 1978. Comparisons were made between the types of land use and rates of change before and after the road improvement. 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 other reports of this study to make more accurate predictions of land use changes due to road improvements.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  2-8-77-225
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6cd022ec0167437b3d14033fbc68536c3f9d70e7d1ddcbf521744e16c0bc2acc76c6a48778347ac6ee192298aa7d5136d2e38557f3e301f55a419a9a040e0f81
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/85639/dot_85639_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.80 MB ]