CE 573 Urban Transportation Planning Homework 5

WRITE A MEMO ADDRESSING PROBLEM 9 OF THIS ASSIGNMENT. E-MAIL THE MEMO TO ME WITH THE NAMING CONVENTION OF [your first name].doc.

  1. Define:
  2. conventional planning
  3. comprehensive planning
  4. equity
  1. Explain the difference in how the terms “growth” and “development” are used.
  1. How would you measure advances in growth?
  1. How would you measure advances in development?
  1. Why must integrated analysis be used for sustainability planning? Explain this using the following pairs of issues:
  2. Worker productivity and Pollution prevention
  3. Equity and accessibility
  1. There are many definitions of sustainable transportation system qualities. Apply Richardson’s definition of planning to your community and support the claim that your community transportation system /policy is, and is not, sustainable.
  1. What are the benefits associated with implementing sustainable transportation strategies?
  1. Explain why higher transport diversity is better. Explain why transport diversity and facility costs can be conflicting indicators. In what way is the indicator of “mobility for non-drivers” dependent upon “transport diversity”.
  1. The typical pattern of growth at the University of Idaho and the surrounding community is to build parking facilities for each building built on and off-campus and to build off-campus student housing at the fringes of the City of Moscow. The bulk of on-campus parking is quite distant from the major points of destination on-campus (buildings where classes are held). Based on this narrative, which transportation mode is emphasized to access services at the University? What value would be associated with the transport diversity indicator (high, medium, low)? Given that the University has very limited means with which to continue building parking facilities on-campus, what might be a more sustainable approach, when using the 1) transport diversity, 2) health and fitness, 3) land use impacts, 4) horizontal equity, 5) market principles, 6) commute speed, and 7) basic access sustainability indicators.