Predicting the Effects of Roadway Improvements on Land Use and Traffic Volumes

Chui, Margaret K.; Memmott, Jeffery L.; Buffington, Jesse L.

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Predicting the Effects of Roadway Improvements on Land Use and Traffic Volumes

1983-07-01
By Chui, Margaret K. ; Memmott, Jeffery L. ; Buffington, Jesse L.

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English

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Creators:

Chui, Margaret K. ; Memmott, Jeffery L. ; 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:

Data Collection Highways Land Use Mathematical Prediction Planning Regression Analysis Roadway Improvements Traffic Lanes Traffic Volume Transportation
Publication/ Report Number:

FHWA/TX-84/14+225-27
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

Texas ; United States
Edition:

Interim: September 1976 - July 1983
Corporate Publisher:

Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
Abstract:

With the dwindling of fundings for new highway construction, greater efforts have to be placed on maintaining and improving existing facilities. The impact of any capacity improvement on adjacent land use or on traffic volume growth rates is a subject of concern to transportation officials. Previous studies on the subject do not draw conclusive results because of small data sets used. The present study attempts to study the same subject by constructing two regression models using an expanded data base. The first model is a land use regression model which relates each land use, in percentage of total acreage, to time. In addition to capacity improvements, factors affecting the relationship include median treatments, neighboring traffic, highway type and city differences. Estimation by Ordinary least Squares, OLS, reveals that both capacity and median improvements impact adjacent land use and that the impact varies according to the type of land use. Based on estimated results, a procedure for predicting land use is outlined and an example is given.
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PDF
Funding:

2-8-77-225
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US Transportation Collection
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