Abstract
 Transportation Planning and GIS for the 22nd Century Track: Transportation Author(s): Jack Lorbeer Just seven years beyond 2000, the Regional Transportation Commission Planning/GIS staff has begun a new initiative to identify future transportation corridors well beyond the federally required long range planning horizon of twenty years. With rapid growth in the Reno Nevada Metropolitan Area, it is clear that existing and planned twenty year transportation improvements will come far short of meeting the needs of the land available for development. With nearly 400,000 people today, developable land within 25 miles of the urban core (including six counties in two states) could potentially support a population of one million or more. GIS applications will be critical in this effort to identify developable and undevelopable land so that planners can identify new potential transportation corridors for freeways, transit, or even rail corridors. Identification of these corridors today will facilitate more detailed planning efforts when actual development occurs in outlying areas of the region. Jack Lorbeer Regional Transportation Commission Planning 600 Sutro Street Reno , NV 89512 US Phone: (775) 348-0480 Fax: (775) 348-0450 E-mail: jlorbeer@rtcwashoe.com |
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