Land Use Compendium, DOT-T-99-03

Compiled by
Lynette Engelke
Texas Transportation Institute
201 E. Abram Street, Suite 600
Arlington, Texas 76010
817-277-5503, Fax 817-277-5439

July 6, 1998

Abstract

Because land use issues have become so prominent in transportation modeling, the Federal Highway and Federal Transit Administrations have assembled three main papers on land use. It is being distributed as a part of the Travel Model Improvement Program (TMIP). The three documents are ˇ°A Technical Review of Urban Land Use - Transportation Models as Tools for Evaluating Vehicle Travel Reduction Strategies,ˇ± ˇ°Review of Land Use Model and Recommended Model for DVRPC,ˇ± and ˇ°Land Use and Travel Model Survey Data.ˇ±

The first paper provides a technical review of land use models and gives a state-of-the-practice review of the methods used by various MPOs. The second document provides a lot of information that can be utilized by agencies that are considering developing analytical land use forecasting methodologies. The last paper gives the reader a clear view of where the science of land use data collection stands through the use of a survey given to thirty-five MPOs.

One free copy of this report can be obtained by writing

Please include the complete report title, the report number, and your complete mailing address. Information on additional TMIP reports or the TMIP Program is available from Kim Fisher at (202) 366-4054 or kim.fisher@fhwa.dot.gov, as well as the TMIP Website.

Table of Contents

Introduction

A Technical Review of Urban Land Use-- Transportation Models as Tools for Evaluating Vehicle Travel Reduction Strategies, July 1995, by Frank Southworth, Center for Transportation Analysis, Energy Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Enhancement of DVRPC's Travel Simulation Models - Task 12: Review of Land Use Models and Recommended Model for DVRPC, September 1996, prepared For Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission by Kazem Oryani, URS Greiner Consultants, Inc., and Britton Harris, University of Pennsylvania

Land Use and Travel Survey Data: A Survey of the Metropolitan Planning Organizations of the 35 Largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas, October 1995, Chris Porter, Laura Melendy, And Elizabeth Deakin, Institute of Urban And Regional Development, University of California - Berkeley

This site will be under constant change. If you have any suggestions for improving the site, please send a message to Lynette Engelke.

This page was updated February 3, 1999.

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