THE DOWNTOWN HARTFORD TRANSPORTATION PROJECT: PUBLIC/PRIVATE COLLABORATION ON TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS

This report illustrates how a major transportation project undertaken to accommodate/unprecedented levels of building and employment growth can simultaneously contribute to objectives of the Clean Air Act. The goal was triggering implementation of a comprehensive program of actions to address Hartford's anticipated downtown transportation problems, looking at all components as an interactive system--traffic, parking, transit, pedestrian flow and goods delivery. Involved were physical projects such as traffic signal synchronization, management actions such as peak-hour parking restrictions, and policy tools such as requiring transportation access plans for new development. Both public and private sectors became involved in this transportation planning process, each providing half of the $300,000 required. While it was anticipated that work trips would increase by 23% over 3 years, the steps suggested were to increase the share by transit and ridesharing from 52% to 61%, produce an increase in short-term parking spaces and improve air quality. No major infrastructure expansion was required and greater public/private/cooperation was fostered.

• Corporate Authors:

  Cambridge Systematics, Incorporated

  100 Cambridge Park Drive, Suite 400
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02140

  Connecticut Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Policy and Planning, Office of Environmental Planning
  Wethersfield, CT  United States  06109
• Publication Date: 1983-7

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 39 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental protection; Local government; Private enterprise; Public transit; Ridership; Transportation planning; Transportation system management; Urban growth; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: Connecticut
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00380798
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-CT-09-0004
• Contract Numbers: CT-19-0004
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 30 1984 12:00AM