A Study on the Major Problems of Urban Traffic Impact Analysis

Abstract:

Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) is an effective approach to solve the urban traffic problems, by analyzing and assessing the impact of the new development to the peripheral traffic generation and the inherent relationship between land use and its current traffic condition. Based on the experience from foreign literature review, this paper first discusses the necessity of introduction TIA to China, and then compares the relationships between (1) TIA and city transportation planning (CTP) and (2) the basic methodology and standards of TIA. From a systematic perspective, this paper introduces the main content of TIA, and finally objective conclusions are drawn. This study indicates that TIA is the essential solution to prevent conflict between new development and new development interregional traffic generation. The findings of this paper would promote both the research of introduction TIA to China and furthermore the implementation of TIA.