FREEWAYS AND RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS

THE INFLUENCE OF FREEWAYS CROSSING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD AREAS WAS EVALUATED IN THE NORTH BROADWAY AREA OF SEATTLE, WHICH IS SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS BY TWO FREEWAYS. DATA WERE COLLECTED ON LAND USE, HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS, TRAFFIC VOLUMES, AND ACCIDENT HAZARDS. THE ZONING AND LAND USE STUDY REVEALED PRESSURES ARE TENDING TO MAKE THE THREE DIVISIONS INDIVIDUAL PARTS OF THE TOTAL AREA. MOST HOUSE- HOLDERS FELT THE AREA HAD IMPROVED DESPITE DIFFICULTIES IN ACCESS TO SCHOOLS. RESIDENTS OF THE ONE COMMERCIAL AND APARTMENT DIVISION THOUGHT PROPERTY VALUES HAD INCREASED. IN TWO DIVISIONS, SHOPPING CHARACTERISTICS HAD CHANGED. TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND ACCIDENTS ON ARTERIALS THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE DECREASED. TRAFFIC DECREASE HAS RESULTED IN NEW APART- MENT CONSTRUCTION IN TWO DIVISIONS.

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1966/149/149-005.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Committee on Indirect Effects of Highway Improvements and presented at the 45th Annual Meeting. 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:
  • Sawhill, Roy B
  • Ebner, Joseph W
• Publication Date: 1966

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: p 57
• Monograph Title: Forecasting models and economic impact of highways
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 149
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Data collection; Evaluation; Freeways; Households; Land use; Location; Residential areas; Residential location; Surveys; Traffic volume
• Geographic Terms: Seattle (Washington)
• Old TRIS Terms: Land use surveys
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00201297
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 12 1994 12:00AM