As a first approximation to the problem of defining, measuring and evaluating community attitudes toward freeways, the mix of revealed community preferences expressed during location studies location studies for various California freeways is analyzed in relation to anticipated changes in community assets. Data for the analysis are drawn from route location studies for sixty-five freeways in the Los Angeles and San Francisco urban areas between 1957-66. Using the public expressions of approval and disapproval at public hearings and during the route study, categories of community preferences were developed and then correlated with each other and various route characteristics. Number of lanes and lane width, shoulder, drainage, medians, barriers, and roadside hazards, is reported. Research needs are also discussed.
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