Transportation & Land Use

Studying the impacts of transportation and land use

The planning, design, and construction of transportation infrastructure affects land uses now and in the future. Travel - whether by walking, taking a car, bus, train, airplane or bike - is also influenced by the types and patterns of land uses.

With so many influences, regional coordination of land use planning can be a challenge. The Baltimore Metropolitan Council has, and continues to monitor the state of regional land use modeling, and examine the link between land use and transportation planning through the investigation of a regional Production, Exchange, Consumption Allocation System – or PECAS model.

What is land use planning? The Environmental Protection Agency defines land use planning as the degree to which land reflects human activities (like agriculture, residential and industrial uses) and describes land use and management practices by people.

For more information:
Dunbar Brooks, dbrooks@baltometro.org or 410-732-9574.


Thinking locally –
Learn more about land preservation or land-use planning in your community. Visit our resource page for a list of links to local plans and other information.

Last Updated: 04/04/2006