ABQ Streets Project: Creating Alternative Residential Street Designs

This research aims to identify residential street designs that could be used to retrofit existing residential streets in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The objectives are to find more cost-effective designs that improve street function and community well-being while reducing negative environmental impacts. The research will identify alternatives and estimate their benefits through comprehensive review of the street design literature applicable to the residential context. Recently collected travel behavior and stated preference data and physical surveying of local streets will be used to identify feasible alternatives for a more detailed cost benefit analysis. The results will be shared with community members and city officials. The results will also contribute to an ongoing longitudinal study that will observe how changing street designs affect travel behavior, community well-being and the environment.

• Record URL:
  https://transet.lsu.edu/research-in-progress/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $100000
• Contract Numbers:

  19PPUNM01

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Transportation Consortium of South-Central States

  Louisiana State University
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70803
• Project Managers:

  Melson, Christopher

• Performing Organizations:

  University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

  Department of Civil Engineering
  Albuquerque, NM  United States  87131-0001
• Principal Investigators:

  Rowangould, Gregory

  Ferenchak, Nicholas

• Start Date: 20190815
• Expected Completion Date: 20210215
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Cost effectiveness; Environmental impacts; Highway design; Residential streets; Retrofitting; Safety; Sustainable transportation; Travel behavior
• Geographic Terms: Albuquerque (New Mexico)
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01713242
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Consortium of South-Central States
• Contract Numbers: 19PPUNM01
• Files: UTC, RiP
• Created Date: Aug 6 2019 12:53PM