The Impact of Various Land Use Strategies on Suburban Mobility: The PlanSmart NJ Land Use/Transportation Study
The
PlanSmart NJ Land Use/Transportation Study was the first study in the nation to
document the difference that center-based development would have on traffic
congestion. The results demonstrated that significant reductions in trips
and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) could result through a combination of
mixing land uses, carefully designing sites, increasing densities, and
implementing demand management practices.
In 1994, PlanSmart NJ completed Phase 2 of the study, in which we estimated the impact development permits would have on the ability of government to change development patterns within a reasonable planning time frame. We concluded that without changes to projects already holding approvals, it would take more than twenty years to achieve significant reductions in the increase in vehicle trips.
Funded By
Federal Transit Administration
Office of Technical Assistance and Safety
400 7th Street SW
Washington, DC 20590
Start Date
1989
Completion Date
Phase l, published November 1991 (reprinted as Technical Report FTA-NJ-08-700
l-93-1, December 1992). Phase 2, published May 1994.