ACCESS MANAGEMENT - DOCUMENTING PRACTICES EXTERNAL TO MINNESOTA

Transportation agencies increasingly emphasize access management programs as a cost-effective way of achieving improved safety and capacity on roadways, improved aesthetics and air quality, and better coordination of transportation and land development. This paper presents a summary of access management goals, regulatory/policy approaches, and successes/conclusions of other states and countries. States take a range of different regulatory approaches to access management. Colorado, Florida, and New Jersey have state access management codes. Legal codes provide predictability and consistency statewide, but are regularly challenged in court. Some agencies use administrative rules, or state policies or guidelines, but share access authority with local municipalities. In cases where authority rests with local officials, a strong need exists for communication, education, and involvement of state and local officials, planning organizations, developers, and landowners to achieve consistent results. There is a high level of agreement that managing the location, design, and operation of driveways, median openings, and street connections to a roadway can reduce accidents, improve traffic flow, and discourage strip development. The effects of access management on business vitality and economic development have not yet been as extensively studied.

• Corporate Authors:

  Minnesota Department of Transportation Library

  Transportation Building, 395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Authors:
  • Newsome, P
• Publication Date: 1997-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Tables;
• Pagination: 53 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access control (Transportation); Aesthetics; Air quality; Businesses; Communications; Economic development; Education; Highway capacity; Highway safety; Land use planning; Local government; Policy; Regulations; Strategic planning; Traffic flow; Traffic safety
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00780273
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MN/RC-1999-20,, IRIS Report - 1997
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 15 1999 12:00AM