Urban Design, Transportation, Environmental and Urban Growth: Transit-Supportive Urban Design Impacts on Suburban Lane Use and Transportation Planning

摘要

This report summarizes the development and utilization of enhancements to the regional transportation model to measure the individual and accumulative impacts of transit-supportive urban design strategies. The report has three main sections: (1) urban design analysis of four transit-supportive development proposals; (2) development of model enhancements in the form of a subarea model; and (3) use of the subarea model to analyze a subregional transit-supportive growth scenario. The urban design analysis demonstrated that transit-supportive development principles are adaptable to suburban settings and that use of the principles does improve land use mixes and walkability. It also confirmed that guidelines for transit-supportive development can be used to create a network of suburban sites that meets city and regional goals.