TDM

Building Transit Ridership Through R&D

Emily Badger profiles Arlington County's Mobility Lab, and its Transit Tech initiative, which has managed to take 40,000 car trips a day off of the county’s roads by easing access to their existing infrastructure.
19 January 2012 - 12:00pm
The Atlantic Cities

New Understanding of Pricing Impacts on Travel

Sun, 12/04/2011 - 19:13

Bad planning simply extrapolates past trends: “We experienced 2% annual growth during the last decade, so we’ll assume that will continue into the future.” Good planning attempts to understand underlying factors that affect change. Such is the case with the price elasticity of vehicle travel, that is, the changes in vehicle travel caused by a change in transport prices (fuel, parking, tolls, insurance, etc.).

Integrated Planning for Community Health and Safety

Mon, 07/25/2011 - 08:02

Automobile travel imposes significant health risks. Traffic fatality rates, obesity and related illnesses such as diabetes, and total air pollution emissions tend to increase with per capita annual vehicle mileage. These risks help explain why United States residents have significantly shorter life spans than peer countries: average longevity is almost 1.5 years below the OECD average, despite spending about 2.5 times as much per capita on healthcare.

New USDOT Report Identifies Win-Win Transportation Emission Reduction Strategies

Mon, 05/03/2010 - 06:15

On Earth Day the US Department of Transportation released an important new, 605-page report, Transportation's Role in Reducing U.S.

California Considers Full-Cost Parking Bill

Having stalled in the state Senate last June, a bill that aims to "reduc(e) governmental or government-required subsidies for parking" passed out of the senate on Jan. 28. Parking strategies would be eligible for cap & trade credits under the bill.
30 January 2010 - 5:00am
Los Angeles Times

Employer-Based Trip Reduction Rule Adopted By California Air District

Air pollution rules recently passed in California seek to change the way workers get to their jobs. While solo commuters won't be forced out of their cars, businesses must choose from a selection of strategies aimed to do just that.
30 December 2009 - 5:00am
The Stockton Record

Rand: Best Congestion Strategies Are Price-Based

In 2008, RAND Corp. conducted a study on mitigating traffic congestion in Los Angeles. They studied two types of strategies: conventional, e.g. signal timing, and market-based, e.g. increased the price of driving. The results were surprising.
2 January 2009 - 12:00pm
Gristmill Blog
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