Mobility

Mobility

Author: Denver Regional Council of Governments

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 52

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Congestion Management Systems

Congestion Management Systems

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Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 158

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Of congestion management system activities in states and metropolitan planning organizations -- Analytical procedures to support a congestion management review.


Metropolitan Denver

Metropolitan Denver

Author: Andrew R. Goetz

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2018-09-06

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 0812250451

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Nestled between the Rocky Mountains to the west and the High Plains to the east, Denver, Colorado, is nicknamed the Mile High City because its official elevation is exactly one mile above sea level. Over the past ten years, it has also been one of the country's fastest-growing metropolitan areas. In Denver's early days, its geographic proximity to the mineral-rich mountains attracted miners, and gold and silver booms and busts played a large role in its economic success. Today, its central location—between the west and east coasts and between major cities of the Midwest—makes it a key node for the distribution of goods and services as well as an optimal site for federal agencies and telecommunications companies. In Metropolitan Denver, Andrew R. Goetz and E. Eric Boschmann show how the city evolved from its origins as a mining town into a cosmopolitan metropolis. They chart the foundations of Denver's recent economic development—from mining and agriculture to energy, defense, and technology—and examine the challenges engendered by a postwar population explosion that led to increasing income inequality and rapid growth in the number of Latino residents. Highlighting the risks and rewards of regional collaboration in municipal governance, Goetz and Boschmann recount public works projects such as the construction of the Denver International Airport and explore the smart growth movement that shifted development from postwar low-density, automobile-based, suburban and exurban sprawl to higher-density, mixed use, transit-oriented urban centers. Because of its proximity to the mountains and generally sunny weather, Denver has a reputation as a very active, outdoor-oriented city and a desirable place to live and work. Metropolitan Denver reveals the purposeful civic decisions made regarding tourism, downtown urban revitalization, and cultural-led economic development that make the city a destination.


Mobility

Mobility

Author: Denver Regional Council of Governments

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages:

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Congestion Management Systems

Congestion Management Systems

Author: Robert A. Hamm

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 272

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This report summarizes a literature review and interviews with many persons active nationally in congestion management. Telephone contact was made with all the state departments of transportation and numerous local agencies, metropolitan planning organizations and personal contacts throughout the country. These telephone contacts helped define the status of congestion management as of late 1992 and early 1993. The literature review found very little information. However, the interview process revealed that significant material was being developed in the first half of 1993. Most of this CMS related work was in response to state legislation (California and Washington), local recognition of congestion issues (Tucson) and anticipation of the ISTEA requirements relative to the management system. These interviews uncovered many documents that have been incorporated into this report. On site interviews were conducted with twenty local agencies and five state departments of transportation. The findings are summarized into specific recommendations on the measure of congestion, definition of the CMS network, monitoring the CMS network over time, and administration of the CMS Program. The report has several appendices which contain detailed information drawn from the site visits and other information which may be helpful to MPO's and state highway agencies. The final chapter of the report includes specific recommendations for FHWA and FTA to consider in the implementation of the CMS Program at the Federal level.


Best Practices in Metropolitan Transportation Planning

Best Practices in Metropolitan Transportation Planning

Author: Reid Ewing

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-06-27

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1351211323

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Planning at a metropolitan scale is important for effective management of urban growth, transportation systems, air quality, and watershed and green-spaces. It is fundamental to efforts to promote social justice and equity. Best Practices in Metropolitan Transportation Planning shows how the most innovative metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) in the United States are addressing these issues using their mandates to improve transportation networks while pursuing emerging sustainability goals at the same time. As both a policy analysis and a practical how-to guide, this book presents cutting-edge original research on the role accessibility plays - and should play - in transportation planning, tracks how existing plans have sought to balance competing priorities using scenario planning and other strategies, assesses the results of various efforts to reduce automobile dependence in cities, and explains how to make planning documents more powerful and effective. In highlighting the most innovative practices implemented by MPOs, regional planning councils, city and county planning departments and state departments of transportation, this book aims to influence other planning organizations, as well as influence federal and state policy discussions and legislation.