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Incorporating TDM into the Land Development Process
Unfamiliarity with the plans, processes and procedures of the
local government land development process, transportation demand
management (TDM) professionals can be frustrated in their
efforts to improve mobility and reduce traffic congestion. This
report provides detailed information to transportation
professionals regarding how to incorporate TDM strategies into
the land development process. The report documents efforts to
secure TDM strategies as part of development approvals,
summarizes the long range planning groundwork that frames the
land development process, provides several case study examples
from Florida and nationwide and also identifies several
institutional barriers to the use of TDM as part of the land
development process. A major finding is that transportation
professionals interested in using TDM in land development must
get involved long before development proposals are submitted.
This requires participation in review and updates of the MPO
long range transportation plan and transportation improvement
program as well as local government comprehensive plans.
Further, it involves appraising how well the local government
land development regulations implement the intent of the
comprehensive plan and reviewing traffic analysis methodology
and underlying assumptions. These ground laying activities will
begin the integration of TDM principles and strategies into the
land use and transportation planning processes resulting in
physical infrastructure, regulatory tools and operations
management to support TDM as part of the solution as land
development proceeds. A copy of the final report is
available here in pdf format and in
HTML format. For more information,
contact Sara Hendricks at
hendricks@cutr.usf.edu.
10.28.05
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813.974.5168 fax