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3. COMMON ISSUES
Among the reports above, prevalent general themes include the following:
Encourage mixed use developments, “village concept” developments, transit-oriented
developments. Encourage land use plans that support public transit.
Enhance the accessibility and attractiveness of existing and planned employment areas.
Focus growth inward (infill development, using existing assets).
Facilitate integration among different technologies, applications, and jurisdictions (for example,
through Transportation Management Centers or agreements between neighboring and overlapping
jurisdictions). Investigate different ITS solutions.
Provide intermodal choices – Encourage and facilitate transit, bicycle, and pedestrian modes of
transportation. Reduce automobile use by improving transit service. Encourage carpools and
vanpools.
Improve emergency response capabilities.
Ensure safety (for example, minimizing cut-through traffic in residential areas).
Decrease noise and air pollution.
Provide or improve traffic signals and control. Use signal pre-emption where beneficial.
Revitalize existing downtown areas. Transform and revitalize existing commercial corridors.
Designate truck routes and facilitate improved goods movement.
Standardize data types and nomenclature (for example, as described in the Regional Street Network
and Address Database System Architecture and Design).
Future Strategic Deployment Plan tasks and deliverables will draw upon the information in these
documents. The next task is to take the information gathered on the existing conditions to prepare the
Gap Assessment, which is part of the “User Needs and User Services” section in the Final Strategic
Deployment Plan Report. It will discuss existing projects and subsequent gaps pertaining to different
service areas (for example, service areas such as traffic management, public transportation, and traveler
information or commercial vehicle operations). This is a major step toward identifying and refining the
recommended ITS deployment solutions in the Strategic Deployment Plan.
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