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TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT: ARE WE LINKING TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE YET?

Much has been written about the transportation/land use relationship during the 20th century. Transportation corridors provide access and value to land and this has led to ever increasing metropolitan sprawl. Yet the more we learn about transportation and land use the worse the traffic jams and the sprawl get. A major reason for this apparent negative learning curve is the way we have separated authority for transportation at the state and regional level from the powers of land use at the most local level. This "institutional disconnect" ensures an uncoordinated future and leads to continued metropolitan sprawl. This report looks at transportation corridors at the end of the 20th century and seeks ways to understand and manage the powerful interaction between several factors: the car and highway which lead to low density, land intensive, sprawling development; the natural environment of valleys, hillsides, waterways and viewsheds which in combination define natural corridors; the relationship of transportation infrastructure to more compact and sustainable urban, suburban, and town forms; and the ways we have institutionally separated development of highway and transportation infrastructure from stewardship and management of the surrounding lands.

  • Corporate Authors:

    University of Washington, Seattle

    Institute for Public Policy and Management
    Seattle, WA  United States  98195
  • Authors:
    • Carlson, D
    • Billen, D
  • Publication Date: 1996-10

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Features: References; Tables;
  • Pagination: 86 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00737851
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS, ATRI
  • Created Date: Jun 13 1997 12:00AM