MISSOURI: A COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING A STATEWIDE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) is responsible for one of the largest state-jurisdiction road systems in the United States. Missouri has recently decided to embark on an access management program and has focused on utilizing access management mainly to meet safety, traffic operations, and economic development goals. The Missouri Access Management program development process involves a number of key steps. These include: Stakeholder identification and participation; Participant education on access management principles and impacts; Development of specific statewide goals for access management; Development of an easy to understand (and communicate) access management roadway classification system based on MODOT's existing functional classification system; Development of a detailed set of access management standards and guidelines in the form of a guidebook; Development of administrative processes (such as the driveway permitting process); Identification of current and likely future access management problem corridors; Identification of promising "pilot" project corridors where access management principles could be applied; and Access management awareness and training for stakeholder groups identified through a marketing plan. This paper provides an overview of the start-up and development of the Missouri access management program. It also briefly covers a process for the identification of problem corridors using management information system data and geographic information system (GIS) technology. This paper will be useful to other states and state DOTs wanting to address access management in a comprehensive fashion.

• Record URL:
  http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/pubs/midcon/Plazak.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • The proceedings can be located on-line at www.ctre.iastate.edu/.
• Corporate Authors:

  Iowa State University, Ames

  Center for Transportation Research and Education, 2711 South Loop Drive
  Ames, IA  United States  50011-8664
• Authors:
  • Plazak, D J
  • Beeman, N
  • Finley, M
• Conference:
  • Mid-Continent Transportation Symposium 2000
  • Location: Ames, Iowa
  • Date: 2000-5-15 to 2000-5-16
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 125-129

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access control (Transportation); Development; Geographic information systems; Guidelines; Management information systems; Problem identification; State highways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Program development
• Geographic Terms: Missouri
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00793282
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0965231046
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 25 2000 12:00AM