Land Use Impact of Improving Pipeline Road in a Developing Area of Hurst, 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 Traffic Lanes
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-81/17+225-21
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas ; United States
• Edition:
  Interim: September 1976 - January 1981
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• 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 Hurst, Texas, where a section of Pipeline Road was upgraded. This section of Pipeline Road was previously two lanes with open ditches. The improvement changed the whole section to a four-lane striped facility with curbs and gutters. The improvement took. place in a developing area where 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 four years before planning for this specific improvement began and all the years since through 1978. Total acreage in each type of land use was determined for 1963 and 1966, which were before formal planning began, and 1970 and 1978 which were both after the road improvement was completed. Comparisons were made between the before and after types and rates of development. 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:a710ced2a55ae80085a962290563efdc7f3afd3efe1167f323ff0d9204b5c59f377ac3d8f5e313198c49a5425d22714b082296dece85e896fc78587f4f30dd35
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/85641/dot_85641_DS1.pdf
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