Livable Centers in the Greater Houston Region - Planning Tools to Measure Benefits
The greater Houston region, the fifth largest metro region in the U.S., is projected to grow by an additional 3.5 million people by the year 2040. Strategies to effectively coordinate transportation and land use, and to measure the benefits of doing so, are actively needed by the Houston region as well as other growing regions of the nation. Without coordination of transportation and land use, traffic growth will overburden the regional transportation system. Houston-Galveston Area Council’s Livable Centers Program is one strategy being explored in the Houston region to address these challenges. Livable Centers are safe, convenient, and attractive areas where people can live, work and play. This paper addresses several areas: the need for Livable Centers, research/innovative approaches to demonstrate benefits of the Livable Centers approach including a density/benefits calculator, and areas for partnership.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADA20 Metropolitan Policy, Planning, and Processes
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Corporate Authors:
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Authors:
- Dang, Meredith
- Chong, Raymond
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2012-1-22 to 2012-1-26
- Date: 2012
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 17p
- Monograph Title: TRB 91st Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Land use planning; Livability; Mixed use development; Performance measurement; Strategic planning; Transit oriented development
- Identifier Terms: Livable Centers Initiative
- Geographic Terms: Houston Metropolitan Area
- Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01372934
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 12-3667
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Jun 15 2012 4:04PM