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development and minimum lot widths to essentially dic- on- or off-site transit shelters. tate the spacing of driveways along a roadway. Ideally, The traffic management regulations found in the El such issues should be addressed within the context of a Segundo, California, zoning ordinance give developers corridorwide access management plan that attempts to two options for reducing traffic demand along local cor- integrate land-use and transportation planning objectives ridors. According to the city's ordinance, developers can • along the entire route. either provide facilities that encourage alternatives to TRAFFIC CONTROLS single-occupant vehicle trips or make their project 25 per cent smaller than the maximum roject size. The El Some ordinances go beyond attempts to control access Segundo ordinance also requires hatlarge employers and or to ensure the installation of necessary traffic control building owners (defined as those with 200 or more devices within developing corridor areas. They require employees or an equivalent building size)follow through new development projects to include facilities that will with traffic management policies by monitoring those help reduce the amount of traffic generated by individ- facilities installed by project developers and by administer- ual land uses.Agoura Hills, California, requires that large ing their own commuter-matching and information developments located within its Freeway Corridor Over- services. lay District provide large passenger-loading areas and While attempts to mitigate traffic congestion via trans- preferential parking spaces for carpool and vanpool vehi- portation management programs have been used most des. The ordinance defines a "major development"as one often in California, a number of voluntary and manda- that employs 200 or more persons; the code also uses floor tory programs exist in other areas of the country. The area to define major developments by type (e.g., a large limited research conducted thus far indicates that these office development would have at least 50,000 square feet programs can be an effective means of alleviating traffic of gross floor area). Developers of major projects within congestion along intensively developed corridors and the corridor zone may also be required to prepare a "Trip other areas with a large concentration of office develop- Reduction Facilities Plan"and pay for the installation of ments and major employment facilities. • III 20