Evaluating transportation land use impacts
This paper examines ways that transportation decisions affect land use patterns and resulting economic, social and environmental impacts. These include direct impacts on land used for transportation facilities, and indirect impacts caused by changes to land use development patterns. In particular, certain transportation planning decisions tend to increase sprawl (dispersed, urban-fringe, automobile-dependent development), while others support smart growth (more compact, infill, multi-modal development). These development patterns have various economic, social and environmental impacts. This paper describes specific methods for evaluating these impacts in transport planning.
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Corporate Authors:
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Victoria, British Columbia Canada -
Authors:
- Litman, T
- Publication Date: 2008-10
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 46p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Economics; Environmental impacts; Evaluation; Land use planning; Transportation planning; Urban development
- Uncontrolled Terms: Planning and Environment
- ATRI Terms: Cost benefit analysis; Environmental effects; Evaluation; Land use; Transport economics; Transport planning; Urban form
- Subject Areas: Economics;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01383803
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ATRI
- Created Date: Aug 22 2012 3:53PM