A Guidebook for Corridor-Based Statewide Transportation Planning (2010) / Chapter Skim
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of 1991 made statewide, long-range multimodal transportation planning a federal requirement, statewide transportation planning was undertaken by many states for a variety of reasons. Some of the early statewide planning efforts were aimed at producing a list of projects that best met the transportation needs of the state.
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This guidebook does not provide guidance on how to conduct corridor studies. The reader is referred to several other reports and technical guidance that have been produced on this particular topic -- for example: • NCHRP Report 404: Innovative Practices for Multimodal Transportation Planning for Freight and Passengers (1998)
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For example, a cursory analysis could be used to define corridors or to identify categories of transportation problems, or a state DOT could use more detailed methods -- whether for the criteria to identify corridors, corridor studies to identify needs, or the decisionmaking process to identify projects, strategies, or priorities. In any case, the concept of a statewide transportation planning process based on corridors is a useful way of incorporating a more detailed and structured foundation for the statewide transportation planning process and STIP process.
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