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| Name the 5 major phases in the transportation project development cycle. |
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1. Planning
2. Project Priorities
3. Design
4. Construction
5. Maintenance |
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| Define the term "public-private partnership" |
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| Public and private put their funds together to do projects; both share risk & rewards |
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| What are the three elements/components of the urban transportation planning database. |
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1. Transportation System
2. Community Goals/objectives
3. Transportation System Monitoring (collecting data) |
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| Give some examples of highway network data |
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Definition
| truck weight, seasonal traffic volume, vehicle occupancy counts |
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| Define the term "volume-to-capacity ratio" |
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| The volume of traffic that goes through compared to the theoretical capacity it can actually handle |
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| What are some examples of transit network data? |
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| Average vehicle speed, number of seats available, location of transit spots, # of accidents, # of breakdowns |
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| What are examples of passenger travel user characteristics data? |
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| income, zipcode, gender, age, purpose, time |
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| What are some examples of market research data? |
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Definition
| reducing traffic congestion, improving travel times, reducing cost (anything that is important to the community) |
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| What are some examples of freight transportation system user data? |
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| truck speed, origin/destination, size/weight |
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| Define the term "performance-based-planning" |
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| Collects data and analyzes it so that transportation plans can be made with respect to the economy/environmental quality |
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| What are the four major phases of American cities(with respect to transportation) |
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1. Walking City
2.Street Car City
3. Early Auto
4. Auto Freeway |
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| What are some typical data collected in a transportation-related home interview survey? |
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| type of house, number of cars, number of people, income |
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| What is the "Transect" developed by Andres Duany? |
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| progression from urban to rural |
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| What are some characteristics of the walking city |
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| Short distance, utilize land, ie. Early Boston |
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| What are some characteristics of streetcar city |
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| Industrial Rev. channeled growth |
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| What are some characteristics of auto-freeway city |
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| Enables sprawl, less dense |
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| What are some characteristics of sustainable city |
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| Compact, mix use, jobs+housing together, multi-transit |
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| What are some reasons for the disconnect between transportation and land use and development planning |
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| Separate departments develop and comes together at the end, Political factors, time, economy |
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| What are some short and long term effect of increasing transportation system capacity |
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Definition
Short term maybe reduce traffic
Long term brings developments brings congestion back |
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| What are some short and long term effect of new development in an area |
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Definition
short term: trips from other regions
long term: new land uses more trips/congestion grows |
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| What agencies lead the urban transportation planning process |
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| Which types of organizations lead the land development process? |
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| city government and county government |
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| What is VMT and what does it mean? |
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| Vehicle Miles Traveled, total miles traveled annually by everyone |
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| When was the decade where the first federal legislation on urban transportation passed by the US Congress |
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| Which decade had a major shift in federal transportation policy toward more multimodal transportation system and more power to the MPO's |
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| What are some of the characteristics of trip-making behavior |
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| When are the peak periods for urban travel |
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| Anytime that is more congested than average aka lunch/dinner/rush hours |
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| Name some indirect cost of the urban transportation systems |
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Definition
| Pollution, air and noise; use of land |
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Term
| Why is traffic congestion considered a regional use |
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Definition
| the cities within the metro area are all connected and the people drive everywhere within it |
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Term
| Why is traffic congestion growing in the U.S. |
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Definition
| Population increase, baby boomers continuing to drive, more cars/household, sprawl |
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Term
| Describe the City of London's congestion pricing concept |
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| The center of the city is where most of the traffic occurs so that, you get charged a fee if you enter, unless you live there (only if you drive), transit=no fee |
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| What are some examples of "supply side" strategies to reduce traffic congestion |
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Definition
| increased roadways, new lanes, more transit opportunities available |
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| What are some examples of "demand side" strategies to reduce traffic congestion |
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| reduce parking, encourage carpooling, encourage teleworking, restrict access |
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| What is the most effective strategy for addressing traffic congestion |
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| Name the 5 major phases of in the urban transportation planning process |
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Definition
1. Goals+vision
2. Options
3. Budget
4. Development+implementation
5. Monitor+improve |
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| What is an MPO and what is it responsible for |
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Definition
| Metropolitan Planning Organizations are responsible for carrying out federal and state planning requirements in the short term TIP |
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| What are public outreach activities undertaken for urban transportation projects |
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| Charettes, meetings websites surveys |
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Term
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interest in issues being addressed in planning
1. people represented certain sector of society (homeowners)
2. Individuals organized interest (neighborhood)
3. Individuals rep government organization (city/county)
4. elected officials representing citizens |
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| What is the difference between a public hearing and a public meeting |
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Public meetings are for sharing information/seeking advice/solving problems for citizen participation. Less informal can drop in
Public Hearings are more official and follow specific rules/procedures |
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| Define the term environmental justice |
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Definition
| fair treatment of all people regardless of color/race/etc with respect to the development, implementation. enforcement of environmental laws/regulation/policies |
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| Define the term travel time index |
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| travel time actually taken over the time its suppose to take without congestion |
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| What are some market based approaches for dealing with traffic congestion |
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| Give some examples of non-recurring traffic congestion |
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| Accidents, special events, weather |
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| What is the name of your text book? |
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