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https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27432/critical-issues-in-transportation-for-2024-and-beyond

REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF ROAD AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ROAD MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

TIE- JA LIIKENNEOLOJEN ALUEELLISET MERKITYKSET. TIENPIDON SUHDE ALUEELLISEEN KEHITYKSEEN

The research discusses road management and development and its regional implications by focusing on changes in spatiality as an aspect of societal development. The analysis begins with several aspects of social changes that reflect patterns of regional development. The research scrutinises general aims and challenges of developing regional entities, defines the conceptual linkages between road keeping, spatiality and well-being, and approaches the role and position of road keeping in regional development as it is revealed in different environments, called here as "typified road keeping environments". After that the interpretations and conceptions of road keeping's regional relevance are studied as they are recorded in road keeping plans and decisions. In this instance two particularly central concepts are analysed: regional competitiveness and accessibility. The conclusions include key results about identified needs for developing impact assessment on road and traffic conditions as well as road keeping in general. The research introduces a conceptual framework that illustrates the relationship and relevance of road management and development to society's spatial change. The framework can also be used for assessment of spatial impacts of road management and development, the existing assessment methods and the needs to develop them. The impacts of road management and development are discussed by focusing on well-being of individuals and regional entities. An individual's wellbeing relates to possibilities to have an access to various functions and services that facilitate good life. A region's "well-being" is attached to region's enterprises and the region as a functional entity. Central aspects include the preconditions for corporate development and the region's attractiveness. The regional impacts of road and traffic conditions are grouped into five "dimensions of accessibility": Functionality of labour market areas is a concept broader than functionality of a traffic system; includes accessibility from an individual perspective. The framework gives an overall answer to the dynamic of how regional impacts are revealed and to which traffic needs or segments of road network the impacts can be attached. It does not, however, define particular population groups or actual locations that will be particularly affected. Also these are major tasks while assessing the regional impacts of particular plans. When the more traditional impact assessment is extended to regional impact assessment, the various stakeholders need to be assured that the assessment process comprises one coherent entity (e.g. irrespective of its legal basis). It is equally important that the extended impact assessment is still an elementary part of the planning.

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    Finnish Road Administration

    Opastinsilta 12 A, P.O. Box 33
    Helsinki,   Finland  FI-00520
  • Authors:
    • LAMPINEN, S
    • KARPPI, I
    • SAARLO, A
    • HANHIJARVI, J
  • Publication Date: 2004

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  • Finnish

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  • Accession Number: 00984499
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
  • ISBN: 951-803-274-2
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Jan 7 2005 12:00AM