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AICP Transportation

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show Deals with the number of trips that a particular site is likely to generate; influenced by land use, intensity of use, characteristics of the journey, trip purpose, and trip purpose trip purpose, and socioeconomic characteristics of the person making trip  
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Origin-Destination Survey   show
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show Estimates of trip generation rates based on land use type, purpose, or socioeconomic characteristics. When local surveys are unavailable due to time or monetary constraints, published rates are used to derive estimates.  
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Office Space   show
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show 9.6 vehilce trips per unit  
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Shopping center   show
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show 7 daily trips per 1,000 square feet  
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show Generally provides information on how many trips are made between each zone and every other zone. Provides information on trip distances, time and cost, the nature of the trip, socioeconomic characteristics, and the nature of the transportation system.  
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show Tool that attempts to quantify the rather complex trip generation relationships. It provides trip estimates based directly on the proportional attractiveness of the zone and inversely proportional to the trip length.  
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show Deals with how people get to where they want to go, and the form of transportation that they use.  
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show The amount of traffic on a roadway in a 24 hour period, averaged over a year.  
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show The hourly traffic during the peak period  
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Seasonal hour volume   show
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Design Hour Volume (DHV)   show
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Traffic (trip) assignment   show
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show is a measure of vehicular mobility obtained from travel inventories.  
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show Ten foot travel lanes, eight foot parking lanes, and a curb and planting strip. However, the resulting ROW of 56 feet is much wider than most local streets.  
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show 500 foot maximum tangents, stop signs or speed bumps to slow things down, 150 feet between intersections & clear site distances of 75 feet.  
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show Provide direct access to adjacent land and to the higher classified streets.  
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Collectors   show
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Minor Arterials   show
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show 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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Highway Capacity Manual   show
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show The ability of a road or street to accommodate traffic flow. Ranges from A to F. A LOS of A means there is free flowing traffic and F means heavy traffic congestion with severely reduced traffic speeds.  
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show Created a 40,000-mile "National System of Interstate Highways," but without national importance and no increase in federal funding. Construction of this system began in August 1947, but without increased federal support, many states balked at the idea.  
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show Authorized $25 billion to be spent between 1957 and 1969.  
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Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962   show
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show Called for a "continuing, comprehensive, and cooperative" (3C) planning process for urban transportaion planning.  
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Also known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act   show
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show Passed 1991 - presented an overall intermodal approach to highway and transit funding with collaborative planning requirements, giving significant additional powers to metropolitan planning organizations.  
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The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21)   show
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The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU)   show
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Created by The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962   show
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Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)   show
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show Residential and commercial areas designed to maximize access by different modes of transportation, including automobiles, transit, bicycles, and pedestrians. These developments are specifically designed to encourage the use of public transportation.  
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show Involves changes in street alignment, installation of barriers, and other physical measures to reduce traffic speeds and/or cut-through volumes, in the interest of street safety, livability, and other public purposes.  
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