Creating Partnerships with Local Communities to Manage and Preserve Corridors (0-5606-S)

Corridor management (CM) is the management of land development in concert with roadway design, access control, and traffic operations along an existing transportation corridor. Corridor preservation (CP) is the practice of acquiring, preserving, or protecting right-of-way (ROW) needed for a furture transportation corridor. Both CM and CP include ROW acquisition and protection and require coordinated application of state and local plans, regulations, and authority. In Texas and across the country, typical corridor problems include numerous and poorly spaced driveways, roadway designs conducive to strip development, closely spaced traffic signals, lack of interconnectivity between adjacent developments, and the inability to preserve or protect ROW for future corridors due to development. The objective of this research project was to develop methods and guidelines for coordinated partnerships for corridor management and preservation practices.