A particular type of urban area corridor the transportation system corridor in which several types of transportation facilities utilize the same right-of-way is discussed. It is pointed out that corridors involving several transport modes should not be developed simply because cheap rights-of-way are available. An important planning consideration is the future travel demand as determined by a careful study of future distribution and increase of population, employment, use of land and other socioeconomic factors which influence travel. At present, there seems to be an adequate legal enabling framework for the development of transportation corridors. Properly planned and developed, transportation corridors have enormous potential in our crowed urban areas.
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