US-280 Access Management - Managing Small Town Economics
It is vital to small town economics to have good transportation access and mobility. Many small towns are not located along an interstate highway. Thus the preservation of capacity along surface highways is vital to each town served along the route. This paper presents an overview of an Access Management Study recently completed for a major arterial in Birmingham, AL, US-280. One of the major concepts presented is that the need for frontage roads for commercial development should be considered in the same way that a typical residential development must necessarily provide a street network. An investigation of frontage road costs as a “premium” cost of a range of typical commercial development projects is presented. The evaluation of regulatory processes available to implement this approach is considered. Finally, the concept of planning for “Placemaking” utilizing good planning and access management is discussed as a quality of life opportunity for smaller communities.
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Corporate Authors:
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Authors:
- Stewart, John R
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Conference:
- 10th National Conference on Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities
- Location: Nashville Tennessee, United States
- Date: 2006-9-13 to 2006-9-15
- Publication Date: 2006
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: CD-ROM
- Features: Figures; Maps; Tables;
- Pagination: 18p
- Monograph Title: Tools of the Trade: 10th National Conference on Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Access control (Transportation); Arterial highways; Frontage roads; Quality of life; Regulation; Small towns
- Uncontrolled Terms: Commercial development
- Geographic Terms: Birmingham (Alabama)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01044612
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Mar 28 2007 1:41PM