These Agencies Get It

Transportation agencies in many part of the United States are working to strengthen their land-use planning connections. This article describes efforts by agencies in Kentucky, New Jersey and Colorado to promote smart growth principles in their transportation projects. In Kentucky, a community-sensitive approach is used to plan highway corridors. In Colorado, a toll parkway was built as part of the Denver metropolitan area's circumferential highway system while ensuring that the parkway would not become a conduit for suburban sprawl. In New Jersey, the state department of transportation has joined with 10 other agencies to support local efforts to revitalize transit-centered downtowns. Several common factors were identified in these successful efforts to integrate transportation and land use. These factors include: vision, leadership, partnerships, public process, technical resources, and implementation tools. The examples in this article highlight how other transportation agencies could use greater coordination with land use to help reduce travel demand and infrastructure investment costs.

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• Authors:
  • Porter, Christopher
• Publication Date: 2005-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 41-45
• Serial:
  • Planning
  • Volume: 71
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: American Planning Association
  • ISSN: 0001-2610
  • Serial URL: http://www.planning.org

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Cooperation; Highway corridors; Land use planning; Leadership; Partnerships; Plan implementation; Public participation; Smart growth; State departments of transportation; Toll roads; Transportation planning; Urban sprawl; Urban transit
• Geographic Terms: Colorado; Kentucky; New Jersey
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01000706
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 6 2005 10:58PM