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Cja 604 Urban Transportation Planning Proposal

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Urban Transportation Planning Proposal
Patrice Brown
PPA 604 Urban Planning/Redevelopment
Prof. Darryl Jones
March 12, 2018

Urban Transportation Planning Proposal
The purpose of this paper is to explain the social implications that comes with transportation planning in urban areas. Urban transportation planning is carried out primarily by state and local agencies. The structure of urban transportation planning affects people’s access to work, public services and an array of life activities. The plan of this paper will be explained in a annotated bibliography. Recent trends towards deregulation in urban planning will be discussed. Urban transportation planning is made up of the decisions and contributions of many …show more content…

Levy, J.M. (2013). Contemporary Urban Planning (10th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson-Prentice Hall Press In the class textbook, Levy talks about eminent domain and how the government uses this law to build upon the urban transportation. He discusses how the government uses eminent domain to cease property of private citizens to build how they see fit.
Papargyn, E., Anagnostopoulou, A., Boile, M., & Papapanagiotakis, G. (2015). A smart and innovative solution for efficient and environmental friendly urban transportation. Retrieved from http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/eds/detail This article is about the technological advances that contributes sustainability to cities that needs improvement when it comes down to relevant planning of urban …show more content…

(2007). Regional transportation planning and metropolitan governance. Retrieved from http://proxy.florencelibrary.org The main topic for the article is the discussion of government funding for urban transportation. Funding as well as the reasoning behind the conflict between bus transportation and rail transit.
Weiner, E. (1999). Urban Transportation Planning in the United States: A Historical Overview Westport, Conn: Praege. Retrieved from http://www.ntl.bts.gov/DOCS/UTP.html An overview of the history of urban transportation planning as well as an explanation of how the planning procedures and processes have changed over the years.
Transportation Planning Approach
The role of the transportation planner has changed over the years to creating a sustainability approach. The rising issue of environmentalism has prompted planners to adopt a multi-disciplinary mindset in transportation planning.
Role of Transport Planners
The key role of the transport planner is to design the transportation projects, create transportation policies to meeting the economic, social and environmental needs of the development

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