This is the transportation planning module I developed for the Suncoast Section of the Florida APA's AICP prep course. I deliver it each March to help new professionals prepare for the exam.
31. Answer 1 Answer: B. Estimating the number of trips that will originate in a particular residential area is called trip generation. A modal-split estimates the number of automobile, bus, train, and bicycle trips in a particular area. Trip assignment predicts how trips will be distributed among alternate routes.
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33. Answer 2 Answer: A. Answer B describes LOS A. Answer C describes LOS E. Answer D describes LOS F. LOS B is described as having stable flow, speed somewhat restricted, short delays, and LOS D is described as unstable flow, tolerable but fluctuating operating speed, long delays.
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35. Answer 3 Answer: C. Public transit systems, like most transportation systems including road networks, are rarely self-sustaining and are generally heavily subsidized by government.
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37. Answer 4 Answer: D. In transportation planning, the mode refers to the type of vehicle used for conveyance.
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39. Answer 5 Answer: D Traffic analysis zones are geographic units that divide a planning region into similar areas of land use. The other options are all geographic subunits, but are not used in travel demand modeling.
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41. Answer 6 Answer: C. The Federal Highway Act of 1956, also known as the National Defense Highway Act, resulted in the interstate highway system. Historic and scenic roadways were not considered until the 1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act. ISTEA included funding for scenic byways and historic preservation. Environmental laws began with the 1969 National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA). Stronger environmental reviews stem from NEPA and ISTEA.
42. Alex Bond, AICP Center for Urban Transportation Research University of South Florida CUTR Room 130 ALBond@cutr.usf.edu (813) 974-9779
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The Art & Science of Transportation Planning: Modeling, Jargon, and Other Technicalities
How Did We Get Here? A Historical Roadmap of U.S. Transportation Policy Top: photograph taken sometime between 1955 and 1961 showing Florida Governor LeRoy Collins and President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Photographer unkwown. Photograph courtesy of Florida Photographic Collection. http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/political/pt00606.jpg Bottom: 1959 photograph entitled “Aerial view [of] an interstate highway: Polk County, Florida.” Photographer unknown. Photograph courtesy of Florida Photographic Collection. http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc17204.jpg
How Did We Get Here? A Historical Roadmap of U.S. Transportation Policy Top: Detail of 1956 photograph captioned, “Sign along Highway 40, now Interstate 70, St. Charles County, Missouri.” Photograph courtesy of the Missouri Department of Transportation and National Museum of American History. http://americanhistory.si.edu/ontthemove/collection/object_667.html. Bottom: AAA map of the interstate and turnpike system nationwide, 1959. Image courtesy of AAA and the National Museum of American History.
How Did We Get Here? A Historical Roadmap of U.S. Transportation Policy Top: 1960 photograph entitled “Aerial view of Florida Highway 25, under construction: Miami, Florida.” Photographer unknown. Photograph courtesy of Florida Photographic Collection. http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc17202.jpg
How Did We Get Here? A Historical Roadmap of U.S. Transportation Policy
How Did We Get Here? A Historical Roadmap of U.S. Transportation Policy
How Did We Get Here? A Historical Roadmap of U.S. Transportation Policy
How Did We Get Here? A Historical Roadmap of U.S. Transportation Policy
How Did We Get Here? A Historical Roadmap of U.S. Transportation Policy Left: Washington, D.C., protest poster, drawn by Sammie Abbott, late 1960s. Image courtesy of D.C. Community Archives, ECTC Collection, Washingtoniana Division, D.C. Public Library, and the National Museum of American History.
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