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Author : Paul Allen Kewitsch
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Making light rail transit work in Austin, Texas through land use control written by Paul Allen Kewitsch and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen Henry Plevak
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (682 download)
Download or read book The Impact of Light Rail Transportation Announcement and Construction written by Stephen Henry Plevak and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As American cities continue to expand and their existing transportation infrastructure becomes strained from increased demand, many cities have turned to light rail transit to not only alleviate congestion but also to provide an economic development stimulus to the areas around the stations. This report focuses on determining the economic impact on areas surrounding announced light rail stations in Austin, Texas while also attempting to quantify changes in land use and demographics experienced in a city who has an established light rail line; Dallas, Texas. In addition to examining any changes associated with the announcement and construction of a light rail project this report will qualitatively examine the role of these project in stimulating gentrification in station areas and what effect gentrification will have in preventing low-income households from accessing the improved transit system. The report will also propose actions that could ensure that these households continue to have access to public transportation, which would mitigate the strain of increasing transportation costs.
Author : Pooja Anil Chaudhari
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Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (112 download)
Download or read book Performance-based Transit-oriented Developments written by Pooja Anil Chaudhari and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transit-oriented development is a planning instrument where land use and developments are driven by the presence of transit around them. This planning tool is particularly crucial in urban cities facing rapid growth, where local and regional governments encourage sustainable developments via land use planning, zoning laws, and changes to building codes, among other things (Transit-Oriented Development, 2015). Many metropolitan cities may have Council-adopted districts to promote transit-oriented developments with an aim to balance density, mix use, affordability, sustainability, alternate modes of transportation, using land use policies and public transit investments. The objectives of any given city for their transit-oriented developments will be unique, subject to context and priorities. Currently, the City of Austin regulates and promotes such developments for three transit-oriented developments and two special regulating districts. It is important to evaluate the performance of Austin’s transit-oriented development districts against the city’s larger strategic goals. The City of Austin adopts many strategic plans with different scopes; some are city-wide, while some as program-based or area-specific. These comply with each other in order to address various city priorities. A crucial component of Austin’s strategic planning process is performance management. While there are many ways to approach performance evaluation in planning, currently there is no globally accepted gold standard for assessing transit-oriented developments. The City also revises and updates these plans/ ordinances when required, to reflect the current conditions and challenges. Large public investments, capital improvements and partnerships are driven by these strategic plans. Hence it becomes important to evaluate the results of implementation. By identifying and informing the gaps and opportunities from periodic performance evaluation, the city stands to optimize the benefits of transit-oriented developments. This report identifies ideal metrics for TODs in Austin, derived from the city’s strategic planning goals and evaluates these metrics using empirical data. This progress report will focus on a quantitative approach and serve as an important tool for making informed revisions in policy and providing transparency and accountability in decision-making. This assessment has potential importance to the city’s officials to keep track of progress, or lack thereof, of their implemented policies. Such studies also help for future relevant planning decisions
Author : David Kuperman
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (73 download)
Download or read book Public Transit's Impacts on Land Use written by David Kuperman and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stan Geertman
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030194248
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Computational Urban Planning and Management for Smart Cities written by Stan Geertman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a selection of the best articles presented at the CUPUM (Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management) conference, held in the second week of July 2019 at the University of Wuhan, China. The chapters included were selected based on a double-blind review process involving external reviewers.
Author : John Graves
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307773353
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Goodbye to a River written by John Graves and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-11-10 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1950s, a series of dams was proposed along the Brazos River in north-central Texas. For John Graves, this project meant that if the stream’s regimen was thus changed, the beautiful and sometimes brutal surrounding countryside would also change, as would the lives of the people whose rugged ancestors had eked out an existence there. Graves therefore decided to visit that stretch of the river, which he had known intimately as a youth. Goodbye to a River is his account of that farewell canoe voyage. As he braves rapids and fatigue and the fickle autumn weather, he muses upon old blood feuds of the region and violent skirmishes with native tribes, and retells wild stories of courage and cowardice and deceit that shaped both the river’s people and the land during frontier times and later. Nearly half a century after its initial publication, Goodbye to a River is a true American classic, a vivid narrative about an exciting journey and a powerful tribute to a vanishing way of life and its ever-changing natural environment.
Author : Michelle Marx
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Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Bus Rapid Transit and Transit-oriented Development in Austin, TX written by Michelle Marx and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority is currently in the stages of implementing Austin's first bus rapid transit line along one of the city's principal urban corridors. The line will run approximately 20 miles, along North Lamar, Guadalupe and South Congress Avenue. Considering the key role that land use patterns play in determining ridership for mass transit systems, transit agencies are increasingly pursuing strategies to encourage transit-oriented development as a means of securing the success of their transit investments. Considering the relatively intense uses already existing along this corridor, the location of some of the city's primary institutions along it, and its general importance in defining the "image" of the city, this corridor seems ideally situated to absorb significant density increases. The focus of this study, therefore, is to evaluate the general need for increased densities and transit-supportive development along Austin's BRT starter route, to examine the overall ability of bus-based transit to generate development pressures, to outline some of the land use policies necessary for encouraging TOD, and finally, to suggest an ideal planning approach for encouraging transit-supportive development along Austin's BRT corridor.
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Total Pages : 1658 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Metropolitan Management, Transportation and Planning written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jurgen Schmandt
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292773366
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book The Impact of Global Warming on Texas written by Jurgen Schmandt and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When The Impact of Global Warming on Texas was first published in 1995, it discussed climate change as a likely future phenomenon, predicted by scientific studies. This entirely rewritten second edition presents evidence that early climate change impacts can now be observed and identifies the threats climate change will pose to Texas through the year 2050. It also offers the hopeful message that corrective action, if taken now, can avert unmanageable consequences. The book begins with a discussion of climate science and modeling and the information that can be derived from these sources for Texas. The authors follow this with an analysis of actual climate trends in the various Texas climate regions, including a predicted rise in temperatures of 5.4 degrees F (plus or minus 1.8 F) by the end of the century. This could lead to less rainfall and higher evaporation, especially in regions that are already dry. Other important effects include possible changes in El Niño (climate variability) patterns and hurricane behaviors. Taking into account projected population growth, subsequent chapters explore likely trends with respect to water availability, coastal impacts, and biodiversity. The authors then look at the issues from a policy perspective, focusing on Texas's importance to the national economy as an energy producer, particularly of oil and gas. They recommend that Texas develop its own climate change policy to serve the goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing energy independence, ensuring regional security, and improving management of water, air, land, and wildlife.
Author : Gerald Henry Rusthoven
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Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (296 download)
Download or read book Planning for light rail transit in Austin, Texas written by Gerald Henry Rusthoven and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen Todd Schottman
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Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (296 download)
Download or read book Planning a successful light rail transit system for the city of Austin, Texas written by Stephen Todd Schottman and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert T. Dunphy
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ISBN 13 : 9780874208993
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Ten Principles for Successful Development Around Transit written by Robert T. Dunphy and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Public Roads written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jonathan Shuster
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (138 download)
Download or read book Just the Ticket written by Jonathan Shuster and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is an examination of how activists have influenced Austin’s future light rail system and expanded bus system, Project Connect. The project provides an extraordinary opportunity to increase mobility, accessibility, and justice for transit users throughout Austin. Great transit provides people with more than just the ability to move between desired destinations quickly and easily; it allows people to fully participate in urban society and transcend the mobility restrictions which define their social class and way of life. However, market and political forces often seek to use light rail specifically as a chance to earn profit, disregarding the goal of improving the lives of marginalized communities. A light rail project that strives to make a city more attractive to increasingly mobile international capital and elevate the city to the world stage can have a negative effect on equity and cause a race to the bottom among competitive mid-level cities. Light rail has a particularly distinct history of causing gentrification and displacement in lower income neighborhoods and communities of color. The author conducted semi-structured interviews with activists, advocates, and agency staff to gain a better understanding of how activism has shaped, does shape, and will shape Project Connect and combat the exploitative forces that seek to use light rail transit solely for economic gain. Interviewees conveyed the importance of activism in almost every step of Project Connect. By engaging in traditional activism (representing their communities and acting as a check on agency power), shaping the Project Connect initial investment that was put forth to voters, influencing the governance structure of the project, demanding a first of its kind anti-displacement fund, ensuring high quality worker protections, fighting for an equitable fare structure, maintaining momentum and positive energy for the project, and creating a permanent seat at the decision making table, activists provide a crucial counterbalance to the market and political forces that seek to use Project Connect as a tool for capital accumulation
Author : Susan Handy
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Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book The Effectiveness of Land Use Policies as a Strategy for Reducing Automobile Dependence written by Susan Handy and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work described in this report represents an effort to better understand the link between urban form and travel behavior and to evaluate the potential effectiveness of land use policies as a strategy for reducing automobile dependence. This work builds on previous research in this area but attempts to go beyond it by exploring the motivations for travel as well as the patterns of travel. Travel surveys and focus groups were used to study the travel choices of residents of six case study neighborhoods in Austin, Texas. The results suggest that the role urban form plays in travel behavior is not entirely straightforward, sometimes influencing travel choices directly, sometimes indirectly, sometimes influencing choices in the short term, sometimes in the long term, and sometimes not having any measurable influence on choices at all. In the end, it appears that certain land use policies can help to provide alternatives to driving, but that the reduction in driving is likely to be small.
Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
ISBN 13 : 9780309061520
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (615 download)
Download or read book Seventh National Conference on Light Rail Transit written by National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 1995 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1995 National Conference on Light Rail Transit (LRT), "Building on Success--Learning from Experience", emphasizes the lessons resulting from the maturing of North American LRT systems. The conference adds to the growing body of knowledge and real-world experiences with modern LRT applications. Volume 1, contains 36 conference papers, organized in four parts. Volume 2, contains both conference papers and associated papers presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington, D.C.
Author : David C. Soule
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803260153
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Remaking American Communities written by David C. Soule and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban sprawl has gained much national attention in recent years. Sprawl involves not only land-use issues but also legal, political, and social concerns. It affects our schools, the environment, and race relations. Comprehensive enough for high school students and also appropriate for college undergraduates, Remaking American Communities delves into the challenges of urban sprawl by turning to some of America's top thinkers on the problem, including Robert Yaro, president of the Regional Plan Association. Other cutting-edge essays include a foreword about the emergence of sprawl by nationally syndicated columnist Neal Peirce, views about race and class by former mayor of Albuquerque David Rusk, and a discussion of transportation dynamics by Curtis Johnson, president of the Citistates Group. ø The essays in this collection explore the core issues of sprawl and the agenda for dealing with it. Complete with a glossary, resources, and contact information for smart-growth alliances, this book is extremely user-friendly. David C. Soule offers an unbiased viewpoint of this national phenomenon in a way that will be accessible to students and those with little background in the issue.
