Introduction
The Seattle area is one of the American regions that have experienced huge traffic in the recent past. The trends show a projective nightmare in the area if no control measures are taken to reduce incidences of high traffic in this area. According to Davies, et al. (1991), the level of traffic flow in a city or in the region is directly correlated with the economic potential of the area. This project provides fundamental strategies upon which the traffic in the Seattle area can be improved.
Rationale
The rationale for choosing this project is to come up with another model that will help in decongesting the busy and snarled up roads in the Seattle region. Thus, this project is in line with the infrastructural development goal of the Seattle region, which enshrines for a robust decongestion program to the busy roads. Also, this project aims to streamline the Seattle area, and make it a better region that will be economically viable due to easier movement of goods and people.
Moreover, this project will entail an integrated infrastructural design to ease congestion to an otherwise very busy area; the super highway with several bypasses and underpasses, alongside light overhead railway lines shall be incorporated into this project. Danaher, (2010), the developmental aim of this project is to expand and diversify the road system by easing congested roads of the Seattle area. Also, the construction of these systems will consider the plight of pedestrians and riders, who due to high traffic in the region has resorted to these secondary modes of transport. To administer this plan, policies shall be enacted that will ensure that the town is clear, and no parking is encouraged. Very few personal cars will be allowed to enter the City Centre, due what has apparently caused a high traffic in the area.
With these massive infrastructural development and policy litigations, we expect the traffic flow in the Seattle area to be enhanced from its current state.
References
Danaher, A. R., National Research Council (U.S.). Transit Cooperative Research Program., United States., & Transit Development Corporation. (2010). Bus and rail transit preferential treatments in mixed traffic. Washington, D.C: Transportation Research Board.
Davies, P., American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials., & United States. (1991). Assessment of advanced technologies for relieving urban traffic congestion. Washington, D.C: Transportation Research Board..
