Mobility Monitoring in Your Community: Interactive Workshop
Author(s):
W.L. Eisele
Publication Date:
February 2010
Abstract:
The objective of this workshop is to instruct participants on how to measure, document, and report mobility changes based upon the products of TxDOT project 0-5571. Project 0-5571 was a one-year research project conducted by the Texas Transportation Institute that concluded in August 2007. Researchers developed a Guidebook for Mobility Monitoring in Small to Medium-Sized Communities and other documents to assist transportation professionals in measuring, documenting, and reporting mobility changes. Research project 0-5571 included data collection in Bryan-College Station, Texas and Huntsville, Texas to apply and fine-tune the framework presented in this workshop. By example, the following illustrates one common need for establishing baseline mobility conditions in growing communities: Many growing communities have rapid development on the outskirts of town. Commonly this is where land is cheaper. A developer might want to place a "big-box" development on such a parcel of land where existing infrastructure is inadequate (i.e., two-lane roadway). They might claim that trip generation will be low and mitigation won't be needed. Transportation agencies with objective and frequent monitoring data could indicate to them what types of changes they have seen in other parts of their community. The objective baseline mobility data are of value for such discussions.
Report Number:
5-5571-01-P1
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