Name and briefly explain the tools that may be available to local governments that may affect how land use decisions influence travel demand.

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Answer 1

Tools that are available to local governments may take the form of
regulation, incentives, or both.
? Concurrency requirements are a regulatory technique, where a
state or locale requires that sufficient transportation infrastructure be present to
accommodate anticipated growth. One mechanism through which a state may
implement concurrency is to require that localities adopt set of performance
standards for various transportation facilities in the county. For roadways, these
standards may be based on level of service, functional classification, and location.
? Grants for public and private entities are examples of incentives.
In contrast with residential development, commercial sites tend to generate more
tax revenue than what they require in the form of services, which may encourage
localities to have zoning that favors commercial over residential development. It
is possible that such a situation may result in longer commuting distances if
workers are unable to find affordable housing in proximity to their employment.
To encourage an increase in housing stock in areas that have relatively high
employment, grants may be provided by a state to localities which (1) have a
relatively high ratio of jobs to housing and (2) issue a certain number of
residential building permits.
? Priority funding areas are a mix of regulation and incentives. For
example, in an effort to limit or manage the geographical growth of an urban area,
a state may require that certain types of transportation investments, such as statefunded
infrastructure capacity expansions, only be undertaken in regions that
meet criteria in terms of residential density, water and sewer availability, or other
indicators of land development.