A SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE FOR MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLANNING IN SMALL URBAN AREAS
THE PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT WAS TO DEVELOP A SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE FOR MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLANNING IN SMALL URBAN AREAS. PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED CORRIDOR GROWTH FACTOR MODELS FOR DEVELOPING FUTURE ESTIMATES OF INTERNAL TRAFFIC IN SMALL URBAN AREAS WERE TESTED, MODIFIED AND REFINED USING LAFAYETTE, INDIANA DATA. REGRESSION MODELS TO PROVIDE DATA USUALLY OBTAINED BY USE OF EXTERNAL CORDON SURVEYS WERE DEVELOPED. EXTERNAL SURVEY REPORTS FROM THIRTY-SIX CITIES IN FOURTEEN STATES, RANGING IN POPULATION FROM TEN THOUSAND TO NINETY THOUSAND, PROVIDED THE MAJORITY OF THE DATA UTILIZED. ALTERNATE PROCEDURES FOR PROVIDING THE EXTERNAL SURVEY INFORMATION, BASED ON USE OF HISTORICAL DATA FROM THE SUBJECT CITY, WERE ALSO DEVELOPED. THE COMPLETED PROCEDURE PROVIDES FORECASTED TRAFFIC VOLUMES WITHIN THE ACCURACY NECESSARY FOR MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLANNING IN SMALL URBAN AREAS AT LOWER COST AND WITH A LEVEL OF SOPHISTICATION THAT WILL PERMIT APPLICATION BY PERSONNEL USUALLY AVAILABLE IN SMALL COMMUNITIES. THE FEASIBILITY OF THE COMPLETE PROCEDURE FOR PROVIDING THE REQUIRED TRAFFIC VOLUME FOR MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLANNING IN SMALL URBAN AREAS WAS DEMONSTRATED IN COLUMBUS, INDIANA.
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Corporate Authors:
Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP
Purdue University, School of Civil Engineering
West Lafayette, IN United States 47907-1284 -
Authors:
- JONES, A D
- Publication Date: 1972-7
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 130 p.
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Serial:
- Issue Number: 18
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Corridors; Data collection; Mathematical models; Regression analysis; Small towns; Surveys; Traffic volume; Urban areas
- Uncontrolled Terms: Models
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00228337
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/IN/JHRP-72/49
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 20 1973 12:00AM