URBS 310 Final UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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URBS 310
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URBS 310
URBS 310 Final UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Including all registered automobiles and light trucks there are approximately ____ registered
vehicles for every _____ person in the U.S. as of 2008. - CORRECT ANSWER- 3, 4
Intercity rail transportation - CORRECT ANSWER- is supported b...
URBS 310 Final UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Including all registered automobiles and light trucks there are approximately ____ registered
vehicles for every _____ person in the U.S. as of 2008. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔3, 4
Intercity rail transportation - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔is supported by planners because it
makes more dense and central locations valuable
There are approximately ____ registered automobiles for every ____ person in the U.S. as of
2008. ** - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1, 2
The following are part of the Four-Step transportation planning process EXCEPT** -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Determining the shortest fastest route that all users will take
between an origination and destination
The federal law that first prevented federal funding for non-attainment areas that did not
create plans to address automobile emissions was - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
The average speed of buses in the United States is - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔12.5 mph
All of the following are reasons that 78% of expenditures on public transportation are
subsidized EXCEPT - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔to provide an efficient form of income
redistribution
Reasons that 78% of expenditures on public transportation are subsidized - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔1. to provide access for those who cannot drive
, 2. to reduce automobile congestion in the city
3. to promote a more environmentally friendly compact city form
12. An incident exemplifying the freeway revolt is citizens trying to stop - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔the Westway in New York City
13. HOT lanes - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔charge different rates at different times of the
day
Central cities that have had long term economic success have - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a
highly educated workforce
Tax increment financing is an economic growth strategy related to - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔special small area finance arrangements
Since about the year 2000, economic development agencies have shifted focus to all of the
following industries EXCEPT - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔manufacturers
A city's planners and economic developers** - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔frequenty agree,
but sometimes disagree as the economic developers are more likely to push for companies
and locations that are not in-line with the general plan
A good reason a rural county may want to attract a state prison is - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔source of many jobs
Cities compete for economic development for all of the following reasons EXCEPT: -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔to create a larger planning department
The federally-funded economic development program for lagging area that still exists is -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the Economic Development Administration
All of the following items a state may try to get the federal government to do for its economic
development EXCEPT - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔adopt a national "right-to-work" law
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