Promoting Smart Growth Texas Style: Proposed Policies for TxDOT to Benefit from and Support Local Smart Growth Initiatives

Smart growth is planned growth that integrates land use and transportation to create urban development that conserves resources and improves quality of life while providing adequate mobility. This project initiated implementation of previous research findings through a series of workshops and through the development of this guideline report for Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) consideration. The guidelines in this report could facilitate TxDOT support of local smart growth programs where initiated by local agencies, and could help TxDOT support local smart growth initiatives through typical TxDOT projects or the enhanced TxDOT policies. The report explains how smart growth can be an asset to TxDOT, and relates how basic smart growth principles are consistent with TxDOT's goals under its Strategic Plan.

• Record URL:
  https://ntrl.ntis.gov/NTRL/dashboard/searchResults/titleDetail/PB2005106855.xhtml
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Research Project Title: Promoting Smart Growth Texas Style.
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Texas Department of Transportation

  Research and Technology Implementation Office, P.O. Box 5080
  Austin, TX  United States  78763-5080

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Bochner, Brian S
  • Rabinowitz, Robin I
  • Hard, Edwin N
• Publication Date: 2004-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: Implementation Report
• Features: References;
• Pagination: 20p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Guidelines; Land use planning; Mobility; Policy; Quality of life; Smart growth; Strategic planning; Transportation planning; Urban development
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01000281
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/TX-04/5-4238-01-1, Product 5-4238-01-1
• Contract Numbers: Project No. 5-4238
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 13 2005 12:21PM