URBAN CORRIDOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM

The plans are summarized of eleven urban agencies participating in the Urban Corridor Demonstration Program the purpose of which is to test and demonstrate the concerted use of available highway traffic engineering and transit operations technology for relieving traffic congestion in radial corridors serving major urban centers. The program which is directed to metropolitan areas of over 200,000 population, emphasizes low-capital intensive improvements rather than new major construction to demonstrate whether rapidly implementable, relatively inexpensive projects can effectively relieve urban traffic congestion. This report which is presented with the purpose of apprising public officials and citizens of ideas that will help relieve peak-hour traffic, discusses highlights of proposed projects, provides relevant information for prospective applicants and lists of participating agencies and proposed projects.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This project was sponsored by DOT's Office for Environment, Safety, and Consumer Affairs, FHWA and UMTA. Refer also to DOT P 6500.2: Status of the Urban Corridor Demonstration Program, July 1974, 86p, TRIS 00149620, available from the Government Printing Office, Stock No. 5001-00080.
• Corporate Authors:

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1974-10

Media Info

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

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demonstration projects; Energy; Energy resources; Highway operations; Traffic; Traffic congestion; Traffic engineering; Transportation corridors; Transportation planning; Urban growth; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Energy crisis
• Old TRIS Terms: Urban corridors
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080816
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT P6500.1
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 6 2000 12:00AM