Presentation | 2013
NCHRP Synthesis Report 404: State of the Practice in Highway Access Management
- Authored by: Jerome S. Gluck
- Event: 2010 National Conference on Access Management
Overview of Synthesis Survey
- All 50 state DOTs contacted Targeted key individuals with access management responsibilities at each state DOT
- 69-question survey was administered online:
- Email distribution to DOT contacts in all 50 states
- ITE Traffic Engineering Council
- ITE Transportation Planning Council
- National Association of County Engineers
- Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations
Profiles of Contemporary Practices
- Virginia:
- VDOTs Implementation of Statewide Access Management Program
- North Carolina:
- NCDOTs Strategic Corridors Initiative
- Indiana:
- INDOTs Development of an Access Classification System
- Minnesota:
- MnDOTs Development and Access Permitting Review Process
- Oregon:
- ODOTs Automated Permit Database
- Louisiana:
- LA DOTDs Traffic Impact Study Policy and Process
- LA DOTDs Approach to Implementing Access Management
- California:
- Caltrans Equitable Share Responsibility Calculations
- New Jersey:
- NJDOTs Vehicle-Use Limitations for Non-Conforming Lots
- Transit-Related Trip Generation Credits in the New Jersey Access Code
Commonly-cited STRENGTHS of Access Management Programs
- Inherent flexibility for making decisions
- Design waivers
- Flexible guidelines
- Representing a defensible administrative rule
- Providing uniformity when controlling access
- Strong organizational commitment
Commonly-cited BARRIERS to Access Management Implementation
- Political resistance
- Lack of staff and funding resources
- Organizational and institutional limitations
- Lack of education and training opportunities
- Resistance by development community
- Limited coordination with local governments
- Legal issues
- Lack of vision