The Transportation Opportunity
Land Use and Driving: The Role Compact Development Can Play in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
When people have the opportunity to work, play, and shop closer to their homes, the amount of driving they do lessens. This translates into reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. This report highlights the findings of three recent studies which document and attempt to quantify the effectiveness of compact development as a tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Transportation for a New Era: Growing More Sustainable Communities
Released in July 2009, this report contains five principles for transportation reform:
- Create a national vision for transportation and infrastructure.
- Support the metropolitan areas that drive U.S. prosperity.
- Recognize the role of land use in linking infrastructure, housing, and sustainability.
- Foster and encourage more compact development.
- Channel funding through the “three Bs”: base formula funds for system maintenance, bonus incentives for sustainable investment, and an independent American Infrastructure Bank.
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Articles
The Transportation Calculus (PDF)
Homebuyers and renters these days have a lot of information at their fingertips. Now, transportation cost data are starting to show up alongside traditional house facts and figures. Rachel MacCleery explores what the new availability of transportation cost information will mean for real estate.
U.S. Infrastructure Spending: How Much is Enough? (PDF)
Sarah Jo Peterson looks at what engineers, economists and environmental innovators have to say about how much infrastructure spending is "enough." (Urban Land, April 2009)
An Interview With Judith Rodin (PDF)
Rachel MacCleery interviews the president of the Rockefeller Foundation, Judith Rodin, who discusses why transportation reform is critical for American prosperity and sustainability. (Urban Land, April 2009)
Transportation Reauthorization Options (PDF)
Jeffrey Spivak reviews the transportation reform positions of a variety transportation associations and interest groups, finding that they have a lot-- but not everything-- in common. (Urban Land, April 2009)
The U.S. Transportation Opportunity (PDF)
An article in the January 2009 edition of Urban Land discusses America’s transportation policy, saying it should further the goal of energy independence. (Urban Land, January 2009)