Orange Line Opportunity Corridor Report
Executive SummaryThe infrastructure needs of the Orange Line transit system are well-documented. But who lives and works in the corridor, and how is the current mix of land uses projected to change?...
View ArticleTransit-Oriented Development in the States
(Report website)IntroductionAcross the United States, in large cities such as Seattle and Miami and in smaller metropolitan areas such as Hartford, Conn., and Fort Collins, Colo., new transit systems...
View ArticleInfrastructure Financing Options for Transit-Oriented Development
Report websiteExecutive SummaryMetropolitan areas form economic regions that benefit from passenger rail systems. Communities have learned that the benefits of public transport can be enhanced when...
View ArticleTransit-Oriented Development Typology Strategy for Allegheny County
Cities and regions from coast to coast are pursuing transit-oriented development (TOD) strategies as a way to achieve many goals, including increased economic competitiveness through improved quality...
View ArticleCreating Equitable, Healthy, And Sustainable Communities: Strategies for...
Report websiteExecutive SummaryCommunities across the country are integrating smart growth, environmental justice, and equitable development approaches to design and build healthy, sustainable, and...
View Article4th And King Street Railyards, Final Summary Memo
Report websiteDear Interested 4th & King Railyards StakeholderThe Planning Department is pleased to send you the attached 41h/King Railyards Final Summary Memo. The overarching purposes of the...
View ArticleOlde Town Arvada TOD Request For Qualifications
(Report website)Executive SummaryThe future Olde Town Station (the Station), scheduled to open in 2016, will be located on RTD’s Gold Line, a fully-funded and under-construction electric commuter...
View ArticleFilling the Financing Gap for Equitable Transit-Oriented Development: Lessons...
Foreword During the past two decades, transit-oriented development (TOD) has emerged as a powerful tool for creating liveable communities near good public transit through the development of dense...
View ArticleThe Tramway Revival In France
Currently, eighteen French urban areas have at least one tramway line and by 2014, nine more towns will have opened their first lines. In France, the organisation of public transport is based on a...
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Enhancing Economic Opportunity through Transit: Lessons Learned from Denver’s...
IntroductionThe Denver region is currently embarking on one of the most ambitious and extensive investments in new rail and bus service in the United States. In less than a decade, the $7.8 billion...
View ArticleModern Streetcar Vehicle Guideline
SummaryModern light rail and streetcar vehicles are fundamentally very similar, the differences having largely to do with how they are applied. The primary difference between the two modes is the...
View ArticleTransit-Oriented Development in the Chicago Region: Efficient and Resilient...
Executive SummaryTransit-Oriented Development in the Chicago Region, 2000–2010Mixed-use centers anchored by public transit are essential to the triple bottom line, or the economic, environmental, and...
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Downtowns, Greenfields and Places In Between: Promoting Development Near Transit
IntroductionTransit-oriented development (TOD) – typically defined as compact, mixed-use development within walking distance of a transit station – has emerged in recent years as a key strategy for...
View ArticleTransit-Oriented Development Toolkit for CT
(Original website)IntroductionWhat is Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)?Transit-oriented development at its simplest is development that’s built to take advantage of the ability of people to access it...
View ArticleSound Transit System Access Policy
System Access PolicySound Transit’s mission is to plan, build, and operate regional transit systems and services to improve mobility for central Puget Sound. Sound Transit is committed to wisely...
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TCRP Report 123: Understanding How Individuals Make Travel and Location...
SummaryThe purpose of this project (TCRP H-31) is to explore a broader social context for individual decision making related to residential location and travel behavior. Because residential location...
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A Station Area Typology of Economic Opportunity: A Guide to Better Connecting...
IntroductionMost of the emphasis to date on TOD has been around residential development – building compact, mixed-use, mixed-income housing near transit, with shops and services nearby and a variety of...
View ArticleOpportunities and Challenges for TODs in Southern California
(ACCESS website)When the concept of transit-oriented development (TOD) first appeared in the 1980s, many planners and academics enthusiastically endorsed it as a way to increase transit ridership and...
View ArticleLinking urban Transport And Land Use In Developing Countries
AbstractThe mobility challenges of the developing world are considerably different than those in wealthier, advanced countries, and so are the challenges of coordinating transportation and land use....
View ArticleMeasuring the impacts of local land-use policies on vehicle miles of travel:...
IntroductionConcerns over climate change have brought new impetus to the goal of reducing vehicle travel through land-use policy. In California, for example, Senate Bill 375 (2008) led to the...
View ArticleMicrosimulation framework for urban price-taker markets
AbstractIn the context of integrated transportation and other urban engineering infrastructure systems, there are many examples of markets, where consumers exhibit price-taking behavior. While this...
View ArticleWhat is mixed use? Presenting an interaction method for measuring land use mix
AbstractIn recent decades, the mixing of complementary land uses has become an increasingly important goal in transportation and land use planning. Land uses mix has been shown to be an influential...
View ArticleAn Agent-Based Model of Origin Destination Estimation (ABODE)
AbstractThis paper introduces ABODE, an agent-based model for Origin-Destination (OD) demand estimation, that can serve as a work trip distribution model. The model takes residential locations of...
View ArticleThe impact of transport, land and fiscal policy on housing and economic...
AbstractThis study proposes a spatial model to examine dynamic interactions among growth, economic geography, the housing market, and public goods in a small, open economic growth model. We emphasize...
View ArticleEnergy Island Integration Study
Executive SummaryThroughout the world, countries are seeking pragmatic solutions to increase the efficiency of their energy systems through the use of smarter energy distribution and the advancement of...
View ArticleWhy people use their cars while the built environment imposes cycling
IntroductionMany studies have analyzed the relationship between the built environment and mode choice, but the underlying behavioral mechanisms remain somewhat less well understood. Higher densities,...
View ArticleThe Radiant University: Space, Urban Redevelopment, and the Public Good
AbstractIn 2003, Columbia University announced its plan to expand its Morningside Heights into a 17-acre area of West Harlem known as Manhattanville. The University’s expansion plan called for the...
View ArticleWhat Cities Want: The Mobility Solutions Of The Future
Executive SummarySince the year 2009 half the world’s population has been living in a city, as shown by statistics from the United Nations. And the trend is ongoing. By the year 2050 it is thought that...
View ArticleLiving Apart, Losing Sympathy? How Neighbourhood Context Affects Attitudes To...
AbstractRising levels of income inequality have been directly linked to rising levels of spatial segregation. In this paper we explore whether rising segregation may in turn erode support for the...
View ArticleLinking Traffic Noise, Noise Annoyance and Life Satisfaction: A Case Study
IntroductionEnvironmental noise, and persistent high levels of transportation noise in particular, have been shown to have considerable effects on human health and well-being [1,2]. According to the...
View ArticleThe Soundscape Quality in Some Urban Parks in Milan, Italy
IntroductionSince the introduction of the “soundscape” concept by R.M. Schafer in the 1970s [1], many projects, e.g., the COST Action “Soundscape of European Cities and Landscapes” [2], and studies...
View ArticleQuantifying Transit-Oriented Development's Potential Contribution To Federal...
Executive SummaryThe LRT system in Denver, Colorado, connects the downtown with neighborhoods to the North, but primarily stretches southwards, travelling in existing transportation corridors carrying...
View ArticleConnectivity Encapsulated: Linking People and Destinations Beyond Wheels & Rails
IntroductionWhen many people think of transit connectivity, they’re immediately drawn to systems involving wheels: buses, trains, vans, bikes, and more. But numerous communities employ less traditional...
View ArticlePedestrian And Bicycle Infrastructure: A National Study Of Employment Impacts
Executive SummaryPedestrian and bicycling infrastructure such as sidewalks, bike lanes, and trails, can all be used for transportation, recreation, and fitness. These types of infrastructure have been...
View ArticleRole of Transit Service Providers in Land Development
Executive SummaryLivability and sustainability have been identified as top priorities by three government agencies, including the Department of Transportation, the Department of Housing and Urban...
View ArticleEffects of Transit-Oriented Development on Affordable Housing, Job...
AbstractThe premise of this study is that an understanding of catalysts and impacts of social and economic change in the Los Angeles Metro Green Line study corridor and an analysis of current planning...
View ArticleTransit-Oriented Communities: A Primer On Key Concepts
IntroductionCreating communities that are more “ transit-oriented” is one of the key goals of most land use and transportation plans in Metro Vancouver. Transit-oriented communities are not only more...
View ArticleNature Appropriation and Associations with Population Health in Canada’s...
AbstractEarth is a finite system with a limited supply of resources. As the human population grows, so does the appropriation of Earth’s natural capital, thereby exacerbating environmental concerns...
View ArticleCacharros: The Persistence Of Vintage Automobiles In Cuba
IntroductionCuba has been called the world’s largest open-air antique car museum. To anyone who visits Cuba, it is all but impossible to miss the pre-1960s American-made cars that daily ply the roads...
View ArticleCityscape: A Journal Of Policy Development and Research
Symposium Organization and ContentThe symposium in this issue of Cityscape is organized in four topical sections: (1) the expectations and achievements of mixing policies; (2) the realities of...
View ArticleLos Angeles Department of City Planning Summary of Policy Planning...
This paper documents all the Los Angeles Station Area planning programs and projects that are currently happening.
View ArticleAchieving System-Level, Transit-Oriented Jobs-Housing Balance: Perspectives...
Report websiteExecutive SummaryTransitways in the Twin Cities metropolitan area continue to expand, with a network of 14 transitways planned by 2030. To promote sustainable regional growth, transitways...
View ArticleLinking Land Use, Transportation and Travel Behavior in Ohio
IntroductionLinks between travel demand, transportation system characteristics, urban form and distribution of population and employment have been the focus of several studies in the literature (Badoe...
View ArticleTools for Estimating VMT Reductions from Built Environment Changes
IntroductionThe transport sector accounts for nearly half the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Washington State (WSDOT 2009). Addressing transport sector GHG emissions is a priority for mitigating the...
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Moving To Work In The Bay Area
Low-income workers face multiple barriers to advancementMoving to Work examines the critical role of transit - as well as development clustered around transit (TOD) - in linking low-income communities...
View ArticleImproving Our Understanding of How Highway Congestion and Pricing Affect...
(Report website)ForewordDriver response to congestion and road pricing is an essential element to forecasting the future use of roadway systems and estimating the effect that pricing has on demand and...
View ArticleMore Development For Your Transit Dollar: An Analysis of 21 North American...
Executive SummaryIn the wake of the 2008 economic downturn, Cleveland, Ohio, along with other former industrial US cites, faced severe financial difficulties. While a tough regional economy and...
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Making It Happen: Opportunities and Strategies for Transit-Oriented...
Executive SummaryThe Knowledge Corridor is experiencing more than $1.5 billion in construction that is underway in three new transit and transportation investments:In 2015—CTfastrak, a 9.4 mile new bus...
View ArticleTravel Mode and Physical Activity at Sydney University
IntroductionWorkplace travel plans have the potential to promote physical activity through active travel options (walking, cycling, public transport and combinations of these modes of travel) and at...
View ArticleLos Angeles Equity Atlas
With a $40 billion voter-approved transit investment being deployed over the next 20 years, the Los Angeles County transit system expansion will add 102 miles of rail transit and almost 100 new...
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