Megaregion Freight Planning: A Synopsis

Megaregion interest has grown strongly in the last decade and is now seen by a growing number of planners as offering effective contributions to problems such as modal congestion, development disparity, and air pollution that individual metropolitan areas or cities cannot resolve individually. Megaregion planning presents an alternative way of mitigating metropolitan problems of large-scale transportation systems, green infrastructure, and economic development and has attracted a number of transportation advocates since 2000. Central questions addressed in this report include how this approach might change freight planning in Texas, what benefits and costs are associated with its adoption, and what characteristics might be of specific interest to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The work was structured to give the Department a comprehensive literature review, take directions of interest from the Project Monitoring Committee, undertake preliminary analysis, and present these to a workshop audience comprising TxDOT planners, Metropolitan Planning Organization staff, transportation providers, public transit agencies, and federal officials. A major recommendation is a program of future work that complements TxDOT freight planning, especially at the state transportation planning level.

• Record URL:
  http://www.utexas.edu/research/ctr/pdf_reports/0_6627_1.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Project Title: Mega-Region Freight Issues in Texas: A Synopsis. Report Date: August 2011; Revised: March 2012.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Texas, Austin

  Center for Transportation Research, 1616 Guadalupe Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78701-1255

  Texas Southern University

  Department of Transportation Studies
  3100 Cleburne Avenue
  Houston, TX  United States  77004

  Texas Department of Transportation

  Research and Technology Implementation Office, P.O. Box 5080
  Austin, TX  United States  78763-5080

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Harrison, Robert
  • Johnson, Donovan
  • Loftus-Otway, Lisa
  • Hutson, Nathan
  • Seedah, Dan
  • Zhang, Ming
  • Lewis, Carol
• Publication Date: 2012-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Technical Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 137p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Megaregions
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01372321
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/TX-11/0-6627-1, Report 0-6627-1
• Contract Numbers: Project 0-6627
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 12 2012 7:53AM