Texas Urban Triangle: Pilot Study to Implement a Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) for Sustainable Mobility

This project addressed sustainable transportation in the Texas Urban Triangle (TUT) by conducting a pilot project at the county scale. The project tested and developed the multi-attribute Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) developed in 2009 under a previous UTCM project (TRID Online Accession #01324956), in order to determine the most suitable locations for transportation infrastructure networks, including high-speed rail. The research team selected a key county in the Austin-San Antonio segment of the Interstate 35 corridor. The project mapped, using the eight different strategic economic, social, and environmental factors in the model, the most and least suitable locations for the new transportation infrastructure. It is expected that the outputs of the model be used by TUT metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), metropolitan visioning groups, high-speed rail providers, and similar entities.

• Record URL:
  http://utcm.tamu.edu/publications/final_reports/Neuman_10-18-57.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20328
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This research was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  University Transportation Center for Mobility

  Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University System
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Kim, Hwan Yong
  • Wunneburger, Douglas
  • Huang, Jun
  • Morgan, Curtis
  • Neuman, Michael
• Publication Date: 2011-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 46p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision support systems; Land use planning; Location; Mobility; Sustainable transportation; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation infrastructure; Transportation networks
• Geographic Terms: Texas Triangle megaregion
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01340833
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UTCM 10-18-57
• Contract Numbers: DTRT06-G-0044 (Grant)
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 25 2011 8:34AM