THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICE NEEDS OF NON-CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT ACTIVITY CENTERS

This paper discusses the transportation roles of both planned and unplanned cluster and corridor activity centers. It uses the activity centers in Charlotte, North Carolina to examine the hypotheses emerging from the literature concerning these transportation needs. The paper also includes first a description of the four main non-CBD activity centers in Charlotte--clusters: the Southpark area and University City;--corridors: I-77 and Billy Graham/Airport, to better understand their individual and collective roles in the metropolitan region. This section of the paper provides the structural context for the second part of the paper which describes the spatial and non-spatial attributes of trips associated with the CBD and the non-CBD activity nodes. These trips are examined by spatial pattern and by type of trip.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of North Carolina, Charlotte

  Department of Geography and Earth Sciences
  9201 University City Boulevard
  Charlotte, NC  United States  28223
• Authors:
  • Walcott, W A
  • Ives, S M
• Publication Date: 1988

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 5 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Activity centers; Corridors; Needs assessment; Public transit; Traffic distribution; Transportation; Trip generation; Trip purpose
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transit services
• Geographic Terms: Charlotte (North Carolina)
• Old TRIS Terms: Clusters
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00494424
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Transp Pub Rpt. 21
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1990 12:00AM