Everybody Walk! Collaborative Social Justice Toolkit
This compilation of resources and materials from America Walks aims to provide organizations and individuals working within the walking movement with resources and guides to help them achieve objectives related to fostering equity, fairness, and justice within communities.
READ MORE >September 2016
America Walks
public health, social justice, walking and bicycling
Measuring What We Value: Prioritizing Public Health to Build Prosperous Regions
This new package of case studies released by Transportation for America, in partnership with the American Public Health Association, showcases a range of strategies that metropolitan area planning agencies can use to strengthen the local economy, improve public health outcomes for all of their residents, promote social equity, and better protect the environment.
READ MORE >September 2016
Transportation for America
community development, economic opportunity
Common Claims about Proposition 13
This report from the California Legislative Analyst’s Office looks at the impacts of Prop 13, the California law passed in 1978 that caps annual property tax increases, on housing production, prices, and wealth accumulation.
READ MORE >September 2016
California Legislative Analyst’s Office
affordable housing, community development, economic opportunity
Can US Cities Compensate for Curbing Sprawl by Growing Denser?
This new analysis of American Community Survey data by Issi Romem, the chief economist at the platform BuildZoom, shows that metropolitan areas that have resisted sprawl (like Portland, which has an urban growth boundary, or San Francisco, which is hemmed in geographically) haven’t built much housing – or nearly as much housing as needed.
READ MORE >September 2016
BuildZoom
community development, transit-oriented development
Autonomous Vehicles: Hype and Potential
This piece, authored by the well-known urbanist Peter Calthorpe and by Jerry Walters of Fehr & Peers, looks at how autonomous vehicles may shape our cities and lifestyles in the future, and also looks at the unintended consequences of transportation technology moving in this direction.
READ MORE >September 2016
Public Square
transportation
Advancing Equity in California Climate Policy: A New Social Contract for a Low-Carbon Transition
This report sets out to guide the ongoing climate policy conversation in the state by identifying ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while ensuring that low-income and working class people in California do not bear the brunt of the costs and are included in the benefits of the state’s transition to a low-carbon economy.
READ MORE >September 2016
University of Southern California and the University of California Berkeley
clean energy, climate change, economic opportunity, social justice
The Equity Factor
This free e-book compiles six stories that illuminate how communities are lifting themselves through equitable business models, new collaborations, and inclusive policymaking. Stories include “Black Lives Matter Policy Agenda Looks a Lot Like a Playbook for Inclusive Cities,” “Will Urban Renewal Ever End?” and more.
READ MORE >September 2016
Next City
community development, economic opportunity, social justice
Housing Development Toolkit
The White House published a report looking at the role that zoning and other land use regulations have in increasing housing prices. The report includes a 10-point toolkit for how cities can increase housing supply by modernizing zoning codes, changing density limits, allowing accessory dwelling units, streamlining approval processes, and more.
READ MORE >September 2016
The White House
affordable housing, community development, gentrification and displacement
Improving Population Health by Working with Communities: Action Guide 3.0
The Action Guide is a framework to help multi-sector groups work together to improve population health in communities by addressing ten interrelated elements for success and by using related resources. Like a “how-to” manual, the Action Guide is organized by these ten elements and contains definitions, recommendations, practical examples, and a range of resources to help communities achieve their shared goals and make lasting improvements in population health.
READ MORE >August 2016
National Quality Forum
Mapping Neighborhood Change in Los Angeles County
As part of a joint project with UC Berkeley, researchers at UCLA have created an interactive mapping tool that shows where gentrification and displacement are occurring across Los Angeles County, particularly in relation to transit lines. In Los Angeles, researchers found that areas near transit stations tended to be changing, with many of them trending toward gentrification, and “neighborhood upscaling.”
READ MORE >August 2016
The Urban Displacement Project
gentrification and displacement, social justice, transportation
Another Inconvenient Truth: To Achieve Climate Change Goals, California Must Remove Barriers to Sustainable Land Use
This report looks at how the Bay Area must aggressively increase the production of housing and focus on Priority Development Areas to make it possible for more people to drive less, in order to reach the region’s greenhouse gas emissions targets.
READ MORE >August 2016
Bay Area Council Economic Institute
affordable housing, climate change, transportation
National Resources & Technical Assistance for Transit-Oriented Development
This online hub compiles information and ideas to help everyone from concerned residents to elected officials develop outstanding transit-oriented development projects.
READ MORE >July 2016
Smart Growth America
transit-oriented development
Who’s On Board: What Today’s Riders Teach Us About Transit That Works
This report looks at when people choose to ride transit and in what conditions, plus breaks down the common stereotype that there are only two kinds of transit riders: “choice riders” who own cars but can be lured onto transit and “captive riders” who don’t own cars and thus will use transit regardless of service quality. The report offers several recommendations on transportation, land use, and development policy to support higher transit ridership.
READ MORE >July 2016
TransitCenter
transit-oriented development, transportation
GreenTRIP Connect
City officials, developers, and community members can use this online tool to instantly calculate how smart location, affordable homes, and traffic reduction strategies can reduce driving and greenhouse gas emissions from residential developments throughout California.
READ MORE >July 2016
TransForm
affordable housing, transit-oriented development, transportation, walking and bicycling
Shared-Use Mobility Toolkit for Cities
This new report looks at the growth and opportunities in bikeshare, ridesharing, and shared mobility systems. It includes interactive mapping tools for 50 US cities, an opportunity analysis tool, a policy database, and a shared mobility benefits calculator for identifying the environmental and energy benefits from expanding shared transportation. The report also finds that access to car-share and bike-share is worse in many communities of color.
READ MORE >July 2016
Shared-Use Mobility Center
transportation, walking and bicycling
