Rural Multimodal Planning
Rural Multimodal Planning

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Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

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It examines the roles that walking, cycling and public transit play in smaller communities, discusses multimodal planning concepts and practices, identifies resources available for multimodal rural planning, and describes examples of rural multimodal planning programs. [...] Many rural residents are Improving and encouraging active modes (walking sedentary and overweight, and suffer associated health and cycling) is an effective strategy for improving problems including diabetes and heart diseases. [...] Many rural opportunity and development by providing access to areas want to improve education and employment schools and jobs, and by supporting industries such opportunities, and support local industries. [...] For example, improving sidewalks and cycling paths tends to increase walking and cycling activity, and makes it easier for residents to walk to and from bus stops. [...] For example, they can reduce the costs for healthcare and social service programs that pay client travel expenses, and reduce the number of parking spaces that governments and businesses must provide in a commercial area for customers and employees.

Multimodal Aspects of Statewide Transportation Planning
Multimodal Aspects of Statewide Transportation Planning

Author: Henry L. Peyrebrune

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780309068697

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This synthesis report will be of interest to department of transportation ( DOT) administrators, planning supervisors, managers, and staffs, as well as to planning consultants that work with them. It provides information for practitioners interested in the results of attempts to apply multimodal considerations at the statewide level and identifies key research findings. It covers post-ISTEA (Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991) processes and projects and both passenger and freight activities. The report examines the application of three multimodal aspects: alternatives, modal mix, and integration into three statewide planning functions, which include state planning, corridor studies, and financing, budgeting, and programming. The emphasis is on implementation. This report of the Transportation Research Board documents processes and research currently under development, using three approaches: a literature review, results of a survey of state DOTs, and five case studies. It cites the following states with exemplary practices in multimodal/intermodal transportation based on a 1998 report by the policy research project at the University of Texas on Multimodal/ Intermodal Transportation: Florida, Minnesota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.

Transportation Planning Handbook
Transportation Planning Handbook

Author: ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers)

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2016-08-01

Total Pages: 1204

ISBN-13: 1118762355

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A multi-disciplinary approach to transportation planning fundamentals The Transportation Planning Handbook is a comprehensive, practice-oriented reference that presents the fundamental concepts of transportation planning alongside proven techniques. This new fourth edition is more strongly focused on serving the needs of all users, the role of safety in the planning process, and transportation planning in the context of societal concerns, including the development of more sustainable transportation solutions. The content structure has been redesigned with a new format that promotes a more functionally driven multimodal approach to planning, design, and implementation, including guidance toward the latest tools and technology. The material has been updated to reflect the latest changes to major transportation resources such as the HCM, MUTCD, HSM, and more, including the most current ADA accessibility regulations. Transportation planning has historically followed the rational planning model of defining objectives, identifying problems, generating and evaluating alternatives, and developing plans. Planners are increasingly expected to adopt a more multi-disciplinary approach, especially in light of the rising importance of sustainability and environmental concerns. This book presents the fundamentals of transportation planning in a multidisciplinary context, giving readers a practical reference for day-to-day answers. Serve the needs of all users Incorporate safety into the planning process Examine the latest transportation planning software packages Get up to date on the latest standards, recommendations, and codes Developed by The Institute of Transportation Engineers, this book is the culmination of over seventy years of transportation planning solutions, fully updated to reflect the needs of a changing society. For a comprehensive guide with practical answers, The Transportation Planning Handbook is an essential reference.

Introduction to Rural Planning
Introduction to Rural Planning

Author: Nick Gallent

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008-01-14

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1134086350

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Providing an overview of rural (spatial) planning for students on planning, geography and related programmes, this book charts the major patterns and processes of rural change affecting the British countryside, its landscape, its communities and its economies in the twentieth century. The authors examine the role of ‘planning’ in shaping rural spaces, not only the statutory ‘comprehensive’ planning that emerged in the post-war period, but also planning and rural programme delivery undertaken by central, regional and local policy agencies. The book is designed to accompany a typical teaching programme in rural planning and considers: the nature of rural areas and the emergence of statutory planning in England the agents of rural policy delivery and the potential for current planning practice to become a ‘policy hub’ at the local level, co-ordinating the actions and programmes of different agents economic change in the countryside and the influence planning has in shaping rural economies social change, the nature of rural communities and recent debates on housing and rural service provision environmental change, the changing fortunes of farming, landscape protection, and the idea of a multi-functional landscape made by forces that can be shaped by the planning process key areas of current concern in spatial rural planning, including debates surrounding city-regions, the rural the challenge of managing rural change in the twenty-first century through new planning and governance processes. A comprehensive coverage of the forces, processes and outcomes of rural change whilst keeping planning’s influence and role in clear view at all times.

Performance Planning for Rural Planning Organizations
Performance Planning for Rural Planning Organizations

Author: Kristine Marie Miller

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Published: 2017

Total Pages: 132

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Recent federal rules place increased emphasis on performance-based management of the multimodal transportation system and require the use of performance based methods in state, metropolitan, and non-metropolitan transportation planning and programming. The Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act and the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act emphasizes seven areas including: safety, infrastructure condition, congestion reduction, system reliability, freight movement and economic vitality, environmental sustainability, and reduced project delivery. Establishing a common set of performance measures allows for the evaluation and comparison of different projects and transportation corridors for both current and future conditions, and translates data and statistics into a form that the public and decision makers can easily understand. This research developed a framework, performance measures, tools, and guidance to conduct performance-based transportation planning and programming in non-metropolitan areas of the state and support Rural Transportation Planning Organizations.