Deck 14: Transportation

Question 1

The 1956 Interstate Highway Act facilitated urban sprawl.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The key feature of Metropolitan Planning Organizations is the construction of individual transportation projects.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

ISTEA earmarked funds for restricted use by narrow, categorical programs.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

ISTEA blocks the construction of new highways in areas that fail to meet federal air qulaity standards.

Question 5

A key power possessed by the Metropolitan Planning Organizations under ISTEA is land use authority.

Question 6

The personal automobile facilitates complex commuting patterns.

Question 7

Telecommuting is recognized as a "travel demand management" measure eligible for federal funding.

Question 8

Single-use development faciltates commuting by transit.

Question 9

A transit oriented development locates people near transit facilities in a mixed-use, pedestrian friendly setting.

Question 10

A simple way to reduce traffic congestion is to eliminate free parking.

Question 11

Some argue that congestion charges are unfair and penalize low-income motorists.

Question 12

The significant movement of employment and production activity to the suburbs has eased urban transportation problems since there is now less traveling to the city centers.

Question 13

Which of the following is a transportation demand management tool?

A) Speed Humps
B) Traffic Circles
C) Chicanes
D) High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes

Question 14

Downs' principle of 'triple convergence' explains why…

A) Why Mixed-use reduces traffic.
B) How free parking increases single occupancy vehicle traffic.
C) How land use and transportation are linked.
D) Why increased road space eventually fills with increased traffic

Question 15

Which piece of transportation related legislation reinforced the importance of metropolitan transportation planning in addition to resurrecting the MPO?

A) Urban Mass Transportation Act (UMTA)
B) Federal Aid Highway Act
C) Intermodal Surface and Transportation Efficiency ACT (ISTEA)
D) Transportation Equity Act for the Twenty-First Century (TEA-21)

Question 16

Multimodal transportation consists of

A) Highways
B) Transit Facilities
C) Bicycle Paths
D) All of the Above

Question 17

What is difficult to capture in terms of transportation statistics and impacts?

A) Public Transit
B) Telecommuting
C) Single Occupant Vehicle Travel
D) Rail Travel

Question 18

A difficulty associated with the land use and transportation relationship is

A) Land use agencies have little or no transportation responsibility
B) The separatism of both types of agencies is reinforced by the different skills and interests of planners and transportation engineers
C) The independence of local governments
D) All of the above

Question 19

Which is a benefit of a transit-oriented development (TOD)?

A) Enhanced transit ridership
B) Automobile dependence
C) Increased parcel size
D) None of the above

Question 20

Speed humps, traffic circles and chicanes are examples of

A) Transit-oriented developments (TODs)
B) Transport Demand Management (TDM)
C) Traffic Calming
D) Congestion Charging

Question 21

The idea that every driver seeks the easiest route is an illustration of

A) Transport demand management
B) Congestion Equity
C) Traffic calming
D) Downs' principle of 'triple convergence'

Question 22

Using parking as a policy instrument is an effective tool of

A) Transport demand programs
B) Traffic Calming
C) Road pricing
D) Automobile Dependence

Question 23

What tool directly works to shift rush hour highway travel to other transportation modes or to off-peak periods?

A) Downs' principle of 'triple convergence'
B) Congestion pricing
C) Traffic calming
D) All of the above