How Not To Measure Housing Affordability
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Critics argue that smart growth reduces housing affordability. Their criticisms are partly legitimate and largely wrong, based on incomplete and biased analysis.
Old Thinking In New Traffic Safety Reports
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A new paradigm is expanding transport safety strategies to include demand management and smart growth, but the old paradigm is alive and deadly as illustrated by two new traffic safety guidance documents.
Economically Successful Cities Favor Space-Efficient Modes
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Cities are, by definition, places where many people and activities locate close together. Their economic success and livability benefits from policies that favor space-efficient modes (walking, cycling, ridesharing and public transit).
Road Tolls Are Fair and Benefit the Poor
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Many people assume incorrectly that road tolls and parking fees harm poor people. In fact, they are usually less regressive than other funding options, and benefit poor people overall, particularly if some revenues are invested in alternative modes.
Change Management: Do Planners Lead Or Follow?
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The world is changing, and so must we. Do we wait for external influences to force change, or can we lead our organizations to do better?
Location Optimization Tools: Toward More Comprehensive and Multi-Modal Indicators
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New tools are becoming available to help people evaluate the quality of walking, cycling, public transit and automobile accessibility when making home location decisions. This information can help create more efficient and sustainable communities.
How Should We Measure Traffic Congestion?
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Transportation system performance is often evaluated using congestion intensity indicators, which favor automobile-dependency and sprawl. Strategic planning requires more comprehensive and multi-modal indicators which measure congestion costs.
More Bicycle Route Debate, Or Valuing Multi-Modalism
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The best solution to many transportation problems is to improve transport system diversity so travelers can choose the best option for each trip. This requires more comprehensive and multi-modal planning. Not everybody is ready.
Greetings from TRB!
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Each January Washington DC hosts a huge gathering of the transportation planning tribe. What do we do? Read about it here.
Smarter Congestion Evaluation – An Example
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A new study claims that public transit does not reduce traffic congestion. It is a good example of how not to evaluate this impact. When measured correctly, high quality transit is found to reduce congestion and increase transport system efficiency.