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Access Management Committee AHB70

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Presentations from 2013 Annual Meeting

Session 201 - Access Management: A Left Is Not a Right

Access Management for Roadways in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Philip Demosthenes, Philip B Demosthenes LLC, presenter P13-6456

Emerging Policy Issues in the Update of TRB Access Management Manual
Kristine M. Williams, University of South Florida, presenter P13-6458

Access Management and the Real World in South Africa
Hein Stander, BKS Pty, Ltd., South Africa, presenter P13-6460

Dealing with Perceptions of Negative Impacts to Market Value and Highest and Best Use Arising from Acquisition of Access Rights
Christopher Wayne Huffman, Huffman Corridor Consulting, LLC, presenter P13-6464

Session 672 - Safety and Implementation Impact of Access Management Research

Operational and Safety Effects of Using Left-Turn Lanes with Substandard Lengths at Unsignalized Median Openings: Case Study in Houston, Texas
Xiaoming Chen, Texas Southern University, presenter

Safety Analysis of Suburban Arterials in Shanghai, China
Xuesong Wang, Tongji University, China, presenter

Safety Evaluation of Access Management Policies and Techniques
Frank Gross, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., presenter

Overview of the Draft Roadway Access Management Guidelines for Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Alan Ginder, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, presenter

Safety Effects of Access Points near Signalized Intersections (from 2012 Conference)
Reza Jafari, Road Safety and Transportation Solutions, Inc., presenter

View Schedule of events for 2013 Annual Meeting

New documents in Resources


Watch YouTube Video of Safe Access is Good for Business

View companion primer document

Two New Groups

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Past Meetings

Access Management Committee Meeting in 2009

View presentations from the TRB 2008 Annual Meeting Sessions



Transportation Planner's Safety Desk Reference
Safety Desk Reference A very informative guide that assists planners in planning for safety on roadways that was passed out at the 2008 TRB annual conference in DC.
Guide for Analysis of Corridor Management Policies and Practices
CUTR Corridor Guide This guide includes a work plan for assessing local government land development and access management practices. It also addresses how to prepare a conceptual plan for implementing corridor management at the local level. The objective of this guide is to help state transportation agencies and local governments identify and overcome barriers to effective corridor access management in the land development process. It is also intended to strengthen state and local coordination in access and development permitting.
Kristine Williams, CUTR
Click here to view .pdf report (May 2007)

Interstate I-394 Business Impact Study

Economic Study
This study attempts to capture the economic climate along the corridor both before and after conversion to a freeway. A variety of macro and micro level indicators were used to take snapshots of the corridor’s economic health both before and after freeway conversion.Click here to view .pdf report (June 2007)

In Section 2.4 some of conclusions were:

  • The economic impacts (mainly involving land development and business sales) of
    transportation projects have not been researched as extensively as the safety and operational
    impacts.
  • The business impacts studies that have been performed in states such as Florida, Iowa,
    Kansas, and Texas have similarly concluded that businesspersons’ perceptions of the
    impacts of changes in access on their companies are almost always worse than the actual
    impacts as measured after the fact.
  • Before and after studies of transportation projects involving changes in access indicate that
    such projects do not lead to significant increases in business failure rates.
  • Research also indicates that businesses along and near access-managed corridors do not
    suffer inordinate retail sales losses. In fact, businesses along newly access-managed
    corridors in Iowa actually outperformed other businesses in their communities in terms of
    sales growth.
  • Literature on the impacts of transportation accessibility on land values suggests that such
    impacts would be very difficult to demonstrate either in a positive or negative direction.
    Variables such as parcel size and the overall location of the parcel would appear to matter
    more.

Direct link to MnDOT Report http://www.olmweb.dot.state.mn.us/pdf/FINAL_I-394_Business_Impact_Study.pdf
Prepared by CH2M HILL and CTRE for MnDOT

View 2006 Domestic Scan Report

2006 Domestic ScanVIEW SUMMARY REPORT

In the fall of 2006, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) conducted a domestic access management scan tour. This document provides the results from the tour. FHWA funded the tour to focus attention on access management successes involving local jurisdictions. The scan tour provides good examples that demonstrate the role that local jurisdictions can play in coordinating their transportation planning, development review and permitting process, and comprehensive planning to achieve good access management outcomes.
   
The scan tour found that a major key to success with access management is a multi-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional approach that brings engineering, transportation planning, and land use decision-making together. The three visits were to Dakota County , MN. , the “Gateway 1 Corridor” in ME., and the city of Brewer , ME.

County Highway 42 provides a good example of how Dakota County is implementing access management.

The primary function of CH 42 is to accommodate the movement of through traffic (traffic using CH 42 to get to destinations outside of the corridor). However, the high level of commercial development along the corridor has generated large traffic volumes that have raised concerns regarding travel speeds, intersection delays, and motorist safety.

The plan provided a blue print for access management showing where access would be approved, denied, and alternative access provided.

Gateway 1 is an innovative land use and transportation planning project for the Route 1 corridor, from Brunswick to Prospect, Maine , involving approximately 21 towns along a 100 mile corridor. With the careful implementation of access management practices, Maine is preserving quality of life by balancing community growth and local values with transportation needs. Gateway 1 is an extensive project for Maine , and one tool being used is the Memorandum of Understanding. This memorandum was created to solicit agreement from all 21 towns to work together to develop a comprehensive long-range plan, including access management. All 21 towns signed the memorandum and are actively working together to implement access management along the Gateway 1 Corridor as part of this plan.

The City of Brewer , ME’s access management program has taken action in promoting traffic flow along their main corridor by providing for alternative access for local business, requiring shared accesses between businesses, and taking other alternative approaches to reduce any back ups and improve safety on the local roads.

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10 Principles

Link to download 10 Principles animation

Animation describing Access Management Principles

Download the animation from this home page to use in your Powerpoint Presentation! The stand-alone executable file can be also run as a separate program.

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State Websites

AM State Websites Links to Access Management Materials from across the country click here

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Get Involved

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If you would like to get involved with our TRB Committee, please contact a subcommittee chair to volunteer your help with a current project. From there you may be asked to join the subcommittee, and then later asked to join the full committee. We need your help and welcome your participation!

* Volunteer to serve as a reviewer of research papers, to work on a committee project, or to give a presentation or preside at a session of the annual meeting or a specialty conference.
* Participate in committee meetings, which generally are open to anyone who wishes to attend. Introduce yourself to the chair and other committee members.
* Attend the committee meeting
* Sign the attendance sheet so you will be included on the committee’s mailing list
* Learn about ongoing committee activities and think about which activities might suit your interests, schedule, and desired level of commitment. Most committees can use support in:
* Newsletter preparation
* Paper review
* Research statement development
* Annual or summer meeting session planning
* Don’t be bashful---talk with the chairman. They are always interested in finding new recruits and will be eager to find out about your interests.
* Ask to become a “friend” of the committee---the group of people who have an active interest in committee business
* Ask what committee activities need more volunteer support---what you can do to help
* Feel free to discuss your ideas of activities the committee might undertake in the future and the role you’d like to play
* If you don’t have a chance to talk with the chairman during the Annual Meeting, e-mail Kristine Williams at kwilliams@cutr.usf.edu after the meeting. Contact information is available on the TRB website (www.accessmanagement.info)
Thanks for your interest! We hope you’ll get involved!

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Last updated 1/11/13