Transportation Planning Quiz Questions
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Quiz 7
1. The boundaries of Traffic Analysis zones (TAZs) reflect natural or man-made obstacles (e.g. rivers, freeways) where all TAZ trip-generating activities are represented by the zonal centroids.
- TRUE
2. What are the four typical functional classifications of roads? Explain.
Interstate, Collectors, Local Roads, and other arterials
3. Most land use decisions occur at the local level in response to market conditions and local government regulations
- TRUE
4. Planned Urban Development (PUD) is applied for where / when the development patterns contradict current zoning conditions. The approved PUD plan fixes the nature and location of uses and buildings on the entire site.
- TRUE
5. List six circumstances where flexibility in Zoning for parking requirements may be appropriate.
- Captive market, offsite parking, transit, fees-in-lieu, shared parking ridesharing
6. What are the 4 Transportation components of the site plan review process?
- Street Layout, access point to subdivision, provision of sidewalks, proposed building footprint
7. Transportation planners are usually provided with a population and employment control value that is generated by state-level economic forecasts.
- TRUE
8. List three factors that affect the attractiveness of a residential location.
- Price size age, quality of schools, social-ethnic-racial composition
9. List three factors that affect the attractiveness of a retail store location.
- Rent for building, pedestrian flow and parking, location of building relative to street
10. What are the Accessibility Indicators? circle one
- All of the above
Quiz 8
1. What is the most important objective of access management?
- To ensure that the cumulative effects of a series of closely spaced developments do not affect safety and mobility.
2. What are the Key Elements of Access Management? Circle all that applies
- a, b, c, d
3. List three of the steps in an effective Access Management program.
- plan, design, and maintain a road system
- Establish policies, regulations and permitting procedures
- Establish criteria for the spacing of signalized and non-signalized access
4. Context-sensitive design (CSD) is a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach that involves all stakeholders to develop a transportation facility that fits its physical setting and preserves scenic, aesthetic, historic and environmental resources, while maintaining safety and mobility.
TRUE
5. List two important characteristics of Transit Oriented Developments (TODs).
- Promote multiple land uses
- Pedestrian oriented
6. What is the purpose of the ITE Guidelines?
- To incorporate smart growth principles into land use and transportation decision making.