Urban Growth Management through Travel Demand Modeling in Washington and Oregon

Abstract

: Among the fast growing states in the USA, the States of Washington and Oregon have enacted legislative land use and transportation concurrency/balancing planning policies for orderly urban growth management since 1990 and 1991, respectively. Regional or urban travel demand forecasting models play an instrumental role in implementing the Washington GMA (Growth Management Act) and the Oregon TPR (Transportation Planning Rule). Both program- and project-level modeling approaches to urban land use/transportation system management are evaluated through the selected cities in Washington and Oregon.