TRANSPORTATION AND URBAN FORM: A CASE STUDY OF THE DES MOINES METROPOLITAN AREA

It is well known that urban form is highly correlated with the evolution of transportation systems. In order to develop planning tools that are responsive to the complicated interaction between transportation and land use, it is helpful to identify the typical characteristics of the development of urban form. The relationship between transportation, land use and urban form is complicated by feedback relationships. Understanding the three-way dynamics between land supply, urban development and travel demand is a first step toward understanding these aspects in the transportation planning process. Using the Des Moines metropolitan area as a case study, this paper begins to examine and quantify some of these relationships. The purpose of this paper is to examine how urban form accommodates transportation systems and vice versa at a conceptual level. This is accomplished through a review of past studies on urban form and transportation from both design and transportation planning literature. The case study demonstrates the relationships between urban population density, travel pattern, residential and commercial distribution, using an interface between MapInfo and Tranplan. Following the characterization provided in the case study, suggestions for further strengthening of the relationship between land use and transportation in travel planning models are recommended.

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  http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/pubs/crossroads/232transportation.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40403
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• Corporate Authors:

  Iowa State University, Ames

  Center for Transportation Research and Education
  2711 South Loop Drive, Suite 4700
  Ames, IA  United States  50010-8664
• Authors:
  • Cao, Cheng
  • Strauss, T
  • Souleyrette, Reginald Roy
  • Shinn, R D
• Conference:
  • Crossroads 2000
  • Location: Ames, Iowa
  • Date: 1998-8-19 to 1998-8-20
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 232-237
• Monograph Title: CROSSROADS 2000 PROCEEDINGS

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commercial strips; Land use; Residential areas; Supply; Transportation planning; Travel demand; Travel patterns; Urban areas; Urban development; Urban population; Urban transportation; User interfaces (Computer science)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Urban form
• Geographic Terms: Des Moines (Iowa)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00770502
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 096523102X
• Files: NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 15 1999 12:00AM