Executive Summary
The city of East Wallingford, a rapidly growing community of 45,000 people has been plagued by chronic traffic congestion which brings average trip times during peak hours far below State standards for the community of this size. The officials of the city are seeking to solve this problem and have asked for assistance from the Community Transportation Planning Division of the State Department of Transportation.
Considering the situation this policy analysis paper is aiming to asses the possible alternatives to the ineffective current transportation policy in East Wallingford. Federal money is available for implementing four alternative transportation policies: constructing a Southern or a Northern Bypass, widening
…show more content…
III. Current Policy Description. Current Policy Effectiveness and Efficiency
According to the Preliminary Problem Analysis prepared by the Junior Policy Analyst of the Community Transportation Planning Division of SDOT M. Ubahn at the moment East Wallingford is served by two state highways. Route 146 (Nottingham Road), a north-south arterial, passes through the western side of the city. Route 9, an east-west arterial, passes through the center of East Wallingford, and connects to Route 146, which is its Western terminus. In the central business district, Route 9 is actually divided for 1.5 miles to allow for one way traffic flows. Route 9E is known as State Street; Route 9W is known as Main Street. Three miles south of the central business district on Route 146 is an interchange for Interstate 59.
Traffic flows are unacceptably heavy on Route 146 and on Main (Route 9W) and State (Route 9E) Streets. During peak travel hours (7:30 AM to 9:30 AM and 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM), average trip times are far below State standards for a community of this size. Trips between point A and point B in either direction, a distance of 4.5 miles, require 30 minutes on average.
City officials want average trip time in this corridor to be reduced to 15 minutes. While this seems to be a reasonable goal, application of SDOT standards in this case suggests it should be seen as a target, rather than as an absolute cutoff.
IV. Policy Alternatives
• Kent highways to work with residents to establish speed monitoring on cut through roads and to establish where public transport is lacking.
The town of Halton Hill’s population includes the areas of Georgetown and Acton and other communities such as Erin, Oakville, Burlington and Milton regions. This is what is considered to be my community because these are the many places that I am visiting most often and they are always referred to together as “Halton Hills Region” (p.5, 2011). With the substantial increase in population in the Halton Hills region, more specifically Georgetown, there should be a strong demand for a public transit system to counteract all of the environmental disturbances that are being caused due to this increase. One of the things that is happening is that there are so many trees they are cutting down in order to expand and grow the population with houses being built. Statistics are showing that the population of Halton Hill’s region will expand by 54% over the next 20 years (p.5, 2011). By the year 2031, employment rates will increase by 75%, leaving Halton with 42,100 jobs being offered (p.5, 2011). With this rapid influx of citizens, this will only increase the demands of travel to get to these work places as well as other destinations (p.5, 2011). Over the past couple of year’s the traffic congestion on the major roads in Halton Hills such as Trafalgar Road and Regional Road 25 with individuals trying to get to and from work. There used to be very little traffic in these areas, however since Halton Hill’s has continued to expand, the utilization of automobiles has significantly increased due to the fact there is no public transit system. The Transportation Demand Management in Halton Hill’s is noticing the increase in automobiles stating that there needs to be a major shift in more efficient ways of transportation, yet there still has been nothing improvised (p.7, 2011). The Transportation Demand
One possible solution to Austin’s traffic problem is to expand the busy roadways where most traffic congestion is found. Widening these roads would help alleviate traffic issues near the downtown area of Austin as well as other busy and
Meanwhile, Route 44 crosses the southern section of the city. Residents will also find the ending points of Routes 53, 80, 27 and 106 within the town. Because the town is the site of a terminus of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, it is a popular place to live for commuters.
The advantages listed provided two main advantages to the University City area, those advantages include: a decrease in travel time and traffic congestion relief (Lovelace 1952, 2-3). Consequently, the expressway would have created six major disadvantages to University City (Lovelace 1952, 3). The disadvantages include: depreciating the nearby residential area greatly, depreciate the Delmar business district, local traffic issues, unreasonable costs, removal of the street car system in University city and increase traffic complications in downtown St. Louis” (Lovelace 1952,
The study will address a number of alternative routes for motorist traveling to and from naval bases, the Peninsula and Isle of Wight County. Every effort will be made to minimize impact to motorists during the project for commuter convenience during the week with restricted lane closures during off-peak hours. The survey team will evaluate holiday travelers that utilize the tunnel and bridge; which holiday motorist travel the most and what are the peak hours. Logistics resources will propose materials required, turnaround time for material deliverables and
There has always been a demand for roads in the United States as roads are essential in the development of a nation. The national interstate highway system was America’s solution for the need of a road system that would stretch from coast to coast. The United States Interstate Highway System is a landmark project and often considered one of the greatest public works projects in American history by making travel by automobile faster, cheaper, safer and more convenient. New roads have been a necessity on our country ever since Henry Ford began to produce the automobile back in in 1903.
When traffic is beyond ridiculous, there’s no surprise when Houston motorists lose approximately $1,090 every year due to the high volumes of vehicles on the road. The congestion is hurting more than just individual drivers; businesses requiring trucking receive an astonishing $646M hit from time lost during these hold ups, which is up from $490M in 2007 (Begley). As Houston grows and seeing as road development is already behind, we can only expect such expenses to increase throughout the decade. Harris County Judge Ed Emmett said it best, “(the challenge) is just trying to stay where we are” (Begley).
Transportation between Compinwood and Eaganville is important to the region’s economic growth and development. As transportation planners for the State of Gilder, our job is to create a transportation plan that will ease congestion, meet the needs of the citizens, and reduce travel time on the SR A. Over the next 25 years, the population of Compinwood and Eaganville are expected to increase and the jobs in Eaganville are expected to increase as well. While the SR A is already heavily congested, it is experiencing an increase in truck traffic due to the increased trade with Florin. Agri Com is a coalition that supports these businesses involved in agriculture and trade with Florin. The SR A is one of the most congested freeways in Gilder
Using a market based approach, this paper details the final integrated policy option to help alleviate congestion in Atlanta as well as the reasoning behind why certain policy options were not chosen. This final policy option integrates the express lane and MARTA policies in order to attempt to take full advantage of the possible effects both options could have.
We were asked to create a prototype of ITW David Speer to show how we would minimize traffic around the area. ITW has a maximum density of 80 pc/ln/hr; it’s at a Los F which is the worse possible congestion you could experience. It faces the most congestion on the main streets such as Laramie, Grand and Central. We are also improving the health in humans such as stress levels through this new design. We must test and evaluate our results to ensure it meets the restrictions of it being Los F to becoming Los C or above. In order to improve all this we were given a budget of 2 million dollars.
The North Connex Project is a nine kilometre underground motorway, beneath Pennant Hills Road, which links the M2 to the M1. This development has been approved for construction due to the issue of traffic congestion for motorists travelling between Sydney and the north coast. The Hills M2 is the motorway connecting Sydney’s north shore and north western regions. Furthermore, the M1 Pacific Motorway links Sydney to the Central Coast, Newcastle and Hunter regions. The issue of traffic congestion is located in the West Pennant Hills area, where the M2 is, and it extends further up north to the Wahroonga area, to the M1. The development will also affect the suburbs and areas in between and surrounding West Pennant
Interstate 79 on the south end of town. The boundaries of the inner city area that were surveyed vary. On the north end of the city, the boundary is economical with more expensive housing noted while exiting the inner city area. The west side of the city has a highway that separates the inner city residential area from an industrial park. The east side of the city becomes more rural while driving further out of the city. A business district that appears more modern is the boundary for the south side of the town.
The purpose of the mini-alignment project was to re-design the alignment of State Highway 81 between Darlington and Argyle, WI as a rural arterial. This memorandum includes details and calculations for a new road alignment.
The development of every nation hinges on the effectiveness of their transportation systems. Movement of goods, services and people to and from work is made possible by transportation systems. The importance of effective transportation systems cannot be over-emphasized. A lot of countries are facing Transportation problems and my country Ghana is no exception. A trip of about 30 minutes can take about an hour or more due to traffic jams. This is seriously impacting productivity and has been a topical issue in the country. The situation is the same in Uganda where I currently work. To this end, Transportation Engineers are needed to design roads/ highways that will stand the test of time, plan effective traffic management systems to reduce travel