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… Read More »
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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,… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »
Opportunity Score
This online tool evaluates housing locations across 350 cities according to the accessibility of jobs within a 30-minute walk or transit ride.
The Northern California Megaregion: Innovative, Connected, Growing
This report looks at environmental and economic trends across the Bay Area, Sacramento Area, Northern San Joaquin Valley, and Monterey Bay Area: the “Northern California… Read More »
Can New Transportation Technologies Improve Equity and Access to Opportunity?
This report looks at the pros and cons of subsidizing trips on ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft to connect economically disadvantaged individuals and families… Read More »
Toward a Sustainable Future: Is Southern California on Track?
In 2012, the Southern California Association of Governments adopted its first Sustainable Communities Strategy as required by state law SB 375. This report assesses the region’s progress… Read More »
Smart Mobility for Smart Growth: Implementing SB 743 and Complete Streets in San Diego
In 2013, California adopted SB 743, a landmark law that modified the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) so that transportation projects must now be evaluated… Read More »
Household Expenditures and Income
This shows that while this expense has been inching up for everyone, the poorest third of Americans now spend about 50 percent more on all… Read More »