Author(s):
R.H. Thompson, W.G. Adkins
Publication Date
June 1961
Abstract
This report presents the findings of a study of the impact of a suburban radial freeway upon the value and use of adjacent land and upon the size and character of a small town whose accessibility to the Central Business District (CBD) of Dallas it greatly improved.|The road facility studied is an 8.1-mile section of North Central Expressway (U. S. 75) which is of freeway design with frontage roads throughout the study area. This section begins about 5.4 miles north of downtown Dallas and runs northward to the Dallas County line. The study period for land values is 1946 through 1960, the "before" Expressway period being 1946-51 and the "after" period being 1952-60. The study area was comprised of a band averaging about one-half mile in width on either side of the freeway. Another area some distance removed from North Central Expressway was used for control or comparative purposes.|The land use analysis employed 1949 and 1959 data for "before" and "after" comparisons. The study and control areas were the same as those used in the study of land values.|Four control towns were selected for comparison with Richardson, which is a relatively small town near the north boundary of the study area and located about 15 miles from Dallas' CBD. The data used in this analysis were for 1940, 1950, 1955, and 1960.
Report Number:
Bulletin No. 15
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