CE 573 Transportation Planning - Fall 2001

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Assignment  12

This assignment covers readings that you need to complete by Wednesday, October 17th (class 17).  Please review the study questions so that you can discuss these readings during class:

Requirements for a Transportation Impact Study.  Idaho Transportation Department.  April 1995.

  • What is the purpose of conducting a transportation impact study?
  • What are the items that require analysis?  Which of these items would be included when reviewing the impact on an existing signalized intersection?
  • When are mitigation measures to be addressed?
  • What are the general requirements of an impact study?

What were the major conclusions from the Traffic Impact Studies for Marriott Corporation International Headquarters?  Were there similar issues identified in the Palm Beach County Traffic Impact Analysis?  What were differences in this study that were not included in the Marriott study?

In the Site Planning (chapter 2) report, what conditions have to be met to justify a traffic impact study?

What issues typically need resolution in a traffic impact study, according to the excerpt by Papacostas and Prevedouros?

In the article by Donna Nelson, what are the factors that are considered for site impact forecasts?