TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ZONE POLICY

Several policies to decrease adverse impacts of transportation facilities are analyzed. The primary purposes of the proposed transportation impact zone policy are to improve social and environmental quality, equity (by reducing uncompensated losses), and technical efficiency of transportation (by expanding ameliorative measures available to transportation agencies). Secondary goals are to internalize costs and increase community acceptance of proposed facilites. The proposed policy involves three strategies: (a) regulation, (b) funds for recipients provided they treat adverse impacts, and (c) unrestricted funds for those damaged. Only noise seemed subject to satisfactory regulation--a two-tiered standard with more stringent standards for new facilities than for those existing and with variances across transportation modes depending on cost-effectiveness. Funds for affected recipients, if they ameliorate adverse impacts, provide an incentive for carrying out certain desired activities such as soundproofing, noise barrier construction, neighborhood planning grants, bikeway and pedway construction, and property acquisition. Unrestricted funds for those damaged are most efficient at increasing equity because they can be used for whatever the individual thinks is best. These funds would be payments for value losses for residential property, loans for short-term losses to small businesses, and for compensation to municipalities for significant (over 2 percent) losses in their total tax base for impact remedies provided outside the right-of-way.

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  • This report was prepared for the 7th Summer Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Jacksonville, Florida, August 1974. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Blackburn, Anthony J
  • Oster, Sharon M
• Conference:
  • 7th Summer Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Jacksonville Florida, United States
  • Date: 1974-8-5 to 1974-8-7
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 25-34
• Monograph Title: Transportation serving community needs
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 528
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Economic efficiency; Environmental impacts; Equity; Facilities; Impacts; Noise; Policy; Property acquisition; Regulations; Social factors; Social values; Transportation; Zoning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency; Fund allocations
• Old TRIS Terms: Community values
• Subject Areas: Economics; Law; Policy; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00097414
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309023750
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 13 1975 12:00AM