Land Use Impact of Improving Gessner Road in a Developing Area in Houston, Texas

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• Creators:
  Cosby, Pamela J. ; Herndon Jr, Cary W. ; 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 Real Property Residential Areas Road Construction Traffic Lanes
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-79/06+225-9
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Houston (Texas) ; United States
• Edition:
  Interim: September 1976 - March 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 Houston, Texas, where Gessner Road was upgraded from a two-lane to a six-lane road with a raised median. The improvement took place in a developing urban area where the predominant land use was residential. Land use changes were analyzed for both abutting and nonabutting properties that might have been affected by the street improvement. Data were collected for a period including seven years before funds were provided for the improvement. Total acres in each type of land use were determined for two "before construction" years, 1962 and 1968, and for two "after construction" years, 1972 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:
  2-8-78-225
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dab3c68971112a120dcbefd3bf9727acfbfa48d8fce6b4ea63922c84390a84df351fb14bbcb453198a050c479c5ebf7d2bf18a86c1eefda35a26b44f2bc8b8b6
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/85661/dot_85661_DS1.pdf
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