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TCRP Report 145:

Reinventing the Urban Interstate: A New Paradigm for Multimodal Corridors

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Size: 158 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:2011

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Authors:
Michael Carroll; Christopher E Ferrell; Herbert S Levinson; David Reinke; Bruce Appleyard; Richard Dowling; Robert Cervero; Senanu Ashiabor; Elizabeth Deakin; Transportation Research Board
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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 145: Reinventing the Urban Interstate: A New Paradigm for Multimodal Corridors presents strategies for planning, designing, building, and operating multimodal corridors—freeways and high-capacity transit lines running parallel in the same travel corridors. ...
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Front Matter i-ix  
Summary 1-9 (skim)
Our Deteriorating Interstates - The Opportunity 10-10 (skim)
Freeways and Transit - Inherent Conflicts and Potential Solutions 11-11 (skim)
Why Build a Multimodal Corridor? 12-12 (skim)
A New Paradigm for Multimodal Corridors - Segmented Travel Markets 13-15 (skim)
Conclusions: The Evolution of Multimodal Corridors Over Time 16-16 (skim)
The Historical Evolution of Multimodal Corridors 17-20 (skim)
A Brief History of Multimodal Project Funding 21-23 (skim)
Conclusions: History as Context - History in Context 24-25 (skim)
Types of New Paradigm Multimodal Corridors 26-30 (skim)
Corridor Evolution 31-33 (skim)
The Old and New Paradigms Compared 34-35 (skim)
Multimodal Corridor Design and Operational Tradeoffs 36-43 (skim)
Summary and Conclusions 44-45 (skim)
Key Characteristics of New Paradigm Corridors 46-57 (skim)
Summary and Conclusions 58-59 (skim)
New Institutional Relationships 60-69 (skim)
Interagency and Intermodal Cooperation and Collaboration 70-72 (skim)
Summary and Conclusions: How to Turn Stakeholders into New Paradigm Project Partners 73-73 (skim)
Park-and-Ride-Access Multimodal Corridors 74-74 (skim)
Transit-Optimized/Freeway-Constrained Multimodal Corridors 75-75 (skim)
Appendix A - Multimodal Corridors Table 76-78 (skim)
Appendix B - Evidence on the Patronage Impacts of Multimodal Corridors 79-96 (skim)
Appendix C - Applying Conventional Planning Concepts Toward a New Paradigm 97-106 (skim)
Appendix D - Existing Multimodal Corridor Case Studies 107-145 (skim)
Appendix E - Glossary of Terms 146-148 (skim)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications 149-149 (skim)

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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 145: Reinventing the Urban Interstate: A New Paradigm for Multimodal Corridors presents strategies for planning, designing, building, and operating multimodal corridors—freeways and high-capacity transit lines running parallel in the same travel corridors.

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