The Transportation and Health Tool provides easy access to health practitioners on the health impacts of transportation systems including: safety, active transportation, air quality, and connectivity… Read More »
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Does Transit-Oriented Development Need the Transit?
This research looks at how the key to less driving in transit-oriented developments may not be the presence of rail, but other factors like higher… Read More »
National Study of Bus Rapid Transit Development Outcomes
This first-of-its-kind academic study unveiled by Transportation for America, Smart Growth America, and the National Institute on Transportation and Communities examined existing Bus Rapid Transit… Read More »
Sustainable Communities Strategies and Conservation: Results from the First Round and Policy Recommendations for Future Rounds
This report looks at how conservation strategies can help avoid sprawl to achieve the greenhouse gas targets and land use goals related to SB 375. The… Read More »
First and Last Mile Connections: New Mobility
This case study examines best practices for new mobility strategies, programs, and models that benefit vulnerable populations. Shared mobility consists of short-term transportation solutions that… Read More »
The Scenic Route: Getting Started with Creative Placemaking and Transportation
This online guide is a primer on how transportation infrastructure projects can be building blocks of economic development and can incorporate local arts, culture and… Read More »
How Lyft and Uber Can Improve Transit Agency Budgets
This paper looks at how transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft could make transportation services for people with limited mobility (often called paratransit and… Read More »
Twelve Innovations in State Transportation Policy States Should Consider in 2016
This report outlines 12 state transportation policy solutions either passed legislatively or instituted through administrative action that expand transparency and accountability, boost state and local… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »