URBAN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND ITS REGIONAL EFFECTS

The urban areas of the United States are entering a period of highway construction without precedent. More and more new facilities are being provided to accommodate the rapidly increasing volumes of vehicles and their growing use. This article discusses the increasing complexity of urban highway planning and construction and will set forth some of the effects that new urban highway construction may be expected to have upon traffic along adjacent roads and upon land development of surrounding areas. It also discusses some of the way in which adequate regional planning and control can help us to obtain a fuller value for each new highway facility provided.