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AICP Exam Transportation Planning

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ADT   Average Daily Traffic  
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ADDT   Annual Daily Traffic  
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VMT   Vehicle miles Traveled  
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Principal Arterials   serve longer trips, carry the highest traffic volumes, carry a large percentage of the VMT on minimum mileage, and provide minimal land access  
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Minor Arterials   interconnect the principal arterials, provide less mobility, smaller geographic areas than principal arterials  
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Collectors   provide both land access and traffic circulation with residential, commercial, and industrial areas by collecting and distributing traffic to these areas  
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Local Streets   provide direct access to adjacent land and to the higher classified streets  
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Orgin Destination Study   a detailed survey to estimate travel demands on a traffic system. Road blocks set up and motorists within the cordon area asked questions on where they are traveling to/from.  
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Peek Hour/period   the highest volume of traffic in a day - usually 4:30 - 5:30 PM  
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Level of Service   the ability of a road or street to accommodate traffic flow determines the level of service provided. Free flowing or delayed flow determines a high level of service whereas, high traffic volumes, too many access points, and poor signal timing causes lo  
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single-family residential   10 Vehicle Trips per Unit  
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planned unit developments   8 Vehicle Trips per Unit  
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duplexes and townhouses   7 Vehicle Trips per Unit  
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apartments & condos   6 Vehicle Trips per Unit  
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mobile homes   5.5 Vehicle Trips per Unit  
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retirement homes   3.5 Vehicle Trips per Unit  
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shopping center   Range of parking: 1:1000 to 5:1000 (spaces:Gross Leasable Area)  
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office   Range of Parking: 1:2000 to 3:1000 (spaces:Gross Leasable Area)  
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general office   1:300 (spaces:gross floor area)  
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office & medical center   Range of Parking: 1:10 to 3:4 (spaces:employees)  
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medical center   Range of Parking: 3:4 to 9:2 (spaces:beds)  
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university/college   Range of Parking: 1:10 to 1:2 (spaces:students)  
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university/college   Range of Parking: 4:5 (spaces:staff persons)  
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hotel   Range of Parking needed: 1:5 to 3:2 (spaces:rooms)  
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restaurant   Range of Parking Needed: 5:1000 to 25:1000 (spaces:Gross Leasable Area)  
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resident   Range of Parking Needed: 1:5 to 2:1 (spaces:units)  
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cross tabulation model   estimates trip generation rates based on land use type, purpose, or socioeconomic characteristics.  
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gravity model   provides trip estimates based on proportional attractiveness of the zone and inversely proportional to the trip length.  
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trip distribution   examines where people are going. Regions are divided into traffic zones (TZA)and data is provided on # of trips between zones.  
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Modal Split   deals with how people get to where they want to go. car, bike, walk,bus  
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Highway Capacity Manual   provides concepts, guidelines, & procedures for computing highway capacity.  
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Level of Service (LOS)   ranges from A to F based on amount of congestion. A = freeflowing and F means heavily congested with reduced speeds and increased time to get through traffic signals.  
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Federal Aid Highway Act   adopted in 1944 based on President Roosevelts 1939 system of highways the Act designated 65,000 kilometers of highway as interstate highways. The Act didnot initially provide any funding.  
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Public Roads Administration (PRA)   responcible for implementing the interstate highway system. It did not have funding until 1952.  
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Road Design   focuses on everything from the nature of the street to actual design guidelines for local streets.  
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Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA)   Provied funding for highways, transit, pedestrian and bicycle facilities. TEA-21, TEA3, & SAFETEA followed  
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Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs)   created to meet federal requirements for urban transportation planning. Federal Aid Highway Act required urban areas w/ populations in excess of 50,000 to develop comprehensive transportation plans.  
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Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)   In MPOs with population of 200,000 or greater a TIP is created that lists all projects for which federal funds are anticipated along with non-federally funded projects that are regionally significant. The plan prioritizes the projects.  
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Transportation Demand Management (TDM)   General term used to describe strategies for the efficient use of transportation. (car sharing, flextime, public transit, park-n-ride, HOV lanes, & telecomuting.  
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Tranit Oriented Development (TOD)   resiential and commercial developments designed to maximize access to different modes of transportation. Focus is not on car travel.  
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traffic calming   involves changes in street alignment, barriers, and other physical changes to the street coridor to reduce traffic speeds and cut-through traffic. (chicane, choker, roundabouts, speed humps, speed tables, traffic circles)  
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