DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION, QUICK-RESPONSE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND THE 1980 CENSUS IN CITIES UNDER 50,000 POPULATION

Transportation planning and traffic analysis modeling systems are reviewed for for suitability for use in downtown revitalization planning activities in smaller communities by comprehensive planners and others not necessarily familiar with the traditional transportation planning process, with an eye toward maximizing use of the products of the 1980 Census of Population and Housing. The microcomputer version of the Quick-Response System (QRS) was reviewed, test run and selected for the project as meeting the above requirements. Summary Tape File data from the 1980 Census was reviewed, accessed and converted to Statistical Analysis System (SAS) data sets for Anniston and Opelika, Alabama. Additional employment information was acquired from the metropolitan planning organizations serving Anniston oand Opelika. Downtown revitalization planning and implementation techniques are reviewed for particular application to smaller communites. QRS is compared to the needs for planning and analytical tools in revitalization planning, and recommendations and caveats are provided for potential ORS users. ORS is test-run for Anniston and Opelika as examples to users, and appendices detailing access to and conversion of Census Summary Tape File data, travel times, trip rate default rates, friction factors, attraction equations and external station productions and attractions.

  • Corporate Authors:

    Auburn University

    Graduate Community Planning Program
    Auburn, AL  United States  36849

    Urban Mass Transportation Administration

    University Research and Training Program, 400 7th Street, SW
    Washington, DC  United States  20590
  • Authors:
    • MEYER, D
    • Vecellio, R
    • Culpepper, T
    • Gundlach, J
  • Publication Date: 1984-11

Media Info

  • Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
  • Pagination: 83 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00394557
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Report/Paper Numbers: AL-06-0012-1 Final Rpt.
  • Contract Numbers: AL-06-0012
  • Files: TRIS, USDOT
  • Created Date: May 31 1985 12:00AM