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Appendix
TrAnsporTATIon III: SUSTAINABle NeTWOrK INITIATIve
or the creation or adoption of a new multi-modal LOS
standard that better measures the quality of travel
experience. The fifth edition of the Transportation
Research Board’s Highway Capacity Manual, due in
2010, will include this new way of measuring LOS.
Cities like San Francisco and Seattle have already
begun to develop their own standards including:
Conventional
• Vehicle hours of delay
• Speed
• Volume/capacity
• Vehicle miles traveled
• Volumes of auto trips
• Transit trips
enhanced
• Mode share (walk, bike, transit, auto)
• Accessibility measures
• Lane miles by functional class
• Connectivity indices (intersections/sq. mi.)
• Travel time
• Route directness
This process will require portions of the travel demand
model to be updated with a finer grain of network
detail and possible use of a micro-scale model to
examine network and modal conflicts. This process
should result in roadway solutions that meet the
current traffc demands by building a street network
that can adapt to future changes in energy availability
and personal travel choices.
project Development processmulti-modal
Alternative Analysis
A multi-modal transportation system is described as
a network of facilities designed for shared use with
seamless linkages between at least two or more modes
of transportation.
A multi-modal system requires coordination between
multiple, connected transportation options and land
development. The resulting system will allow people
the opportunity to conveniently travel to places where
they work, live and play.
Effective multi-modal transportation systems require
a phasing of implementation through incremental
investments over decades. Investments will require
the involvement of complementary transportation
agencies over short-term and long-term capital
improvement cycles and planning periods. For
example, Copenhagen, Denmark, which is considered
a model for pedestrian-friendly streets, gradually
realized its multi-modal vision over a 30-year period.
It formed consensus for significant change in its urban
form and its citizens’ lifestyles by demonstrating the
benefits of that change over time.
Extensive inter- and intra-agency coordination is
needed to coordinate and accomplish the many
projects and initiatives inherent in developing a multimodal
transportation system. Multi-modal systems
are derived from multi-disciplinary plans — project
development coordination and smart growth land
development regulations that consider the mobility
of multiple modes. Linear thought processes that
typically drive major public and private investments
must be supplanted with methods to meet mobility
and livability desires of end users.
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