Land Use and Built Environment

Analyzing the Economic Benefits and Costs of Smart Growth

Daniel Chatman
Rayle, Lisa
Gabbe, C. J.
Plowman, Johnathan
Sohn, Paul
Crane, Rebecca
Spevack, Anne
Wise, Ella
Stoy, Kelan
Giottonini, M. Paloma
Ordower, Aaron
Crane, Randall
2016

California’s Senate Bill 375, (Chapter 728, Statutes of 2008), aims to reduce transportation related greenhouse gas emissions through more efficient patterns of land development. Advocates claim these smart growth policies will reduce vehicle travel while benefiting residents, cities, and regions in the form of more attractive communities, more affordable housing, and healthier municipal finances. In this study, the authors analyzed the economic impacts of existing smart growth plans similar to those currently being considered and adopted throughout metropolitan California. Through...

Impacts of Commute Trip Reduction Programs, Rail Station Area Built Environment Changes, and Ride-Hailing Services on Traveler Behavior

Li
Daniel Rodriguez
Montilla, M
Daniel Chatman
Chen, P
Yang, X
Winters, P
2022

This project consists of three related studies investigating strategies to address urban congestion: a) employer-based travel demand management strategies, b) improvement of transit station area built environments, and c) understanding the impacts of ride-hailing. Collectively, the three studies represent complementary strategies to address urban congestion. However, each of them focuses on a particular approach from managing demand side incentives to supply side service disruptions.

Evaluation of UC Davis Long-Range Transportation, Land-Use, and Housing Plans: Examining the Potential for Innovative Mobility Pilot Projects

Finson, Rachel S.
Susan Shaheen
2001

At present, the City of Davis, surrounding communities, and the UC Davis campus are struggling with many of the same transportation problems that plague larger urban centers including increasing traffic, limited parking, and challenges to effective operation of the public transit system. The campus is expecting to grow by 6,000 students in the next ten years (plus approximately 3,000 faculty and staff) and is developing a Long-Range Development Plan (LRDP) that will serve to guide this growth. This plan will include housing, traffic control, parking, alternative transportation modes, and...

Expanding the Urban Transportation Infrastructure Through Concession Agreements: Lessons from Latin America

Daniel Rodriguez
1999

Driven by fiscal constraints and disappointment with the performance of state-provided services, national and subnational governments have turned to the private sector for solutions in financing, constructing, and providing transportation services. Key concession package features and their effect on reaching closure in urban transportation agreements are analyzed. Case studies drawn from the major attempts to develop urban transportation infrastructures in Latin America through concession agreements are considered. Results indicate that features common to large infrastructure...

Unwanted Excess Commuting: Proximate Commuting, Transportation Demand Management and the Transportation-Land Use Connection

Daniel Rodriguez
2000

O f current theoretical controversies in urban pianning, arguably few have fartherreaching implications for policy than the debate on the relationship between transportation and land use. On the one hand, the transportation-land use relationship or connection focuses on the influence of transportation policy, including transportation services, infrastructure, and pricing, on individual and firm location decisions in a metropolitan area. On the other hand, the connection also encompasses the influence of individual and firm location decisions on transportation policy.

Balanco Hidrico da Regiao Sul/Sudeste da America do Sul Simulado Pelo Modelo Atmosferico CPTEC/COLA

Daniel Rodriguez
2002

A bacia do Rio da Prata ocupa o segundo lugar na América do Sul depois da bacia do Amazonas e é a quinta em nível mundial. Trata-se de uma área internacional que ocupa territórios da Argentina, Uruguai, Brasil, Paraguai e Bolívia, e sobre a qual existe uma grande atividade econômica. No presente trabalho foi estudado o balanço hídrico da região, nas suas componentes atmosférica e terrestre, de acordo com o estabelecido por Peixoto e Oort (1992), assim como os campos das variáveis associadas, para investigar o comportamento do MCGA CPTEC/COLA. Foram estudadas as variáveis precipitação...

Analysis of Bogota's Bus Rapid Transit System and its Impact on Land Development

Taiga, F
Daniel Rodriguez
2004

Recent experiences in Latin American cities supporting world-class public transportation systems have resulted in the creation of livable spaces with a significant potential to spur land development. In cities like Bogota, Colombia, and Curitiba. Brazil, bus rapid transit (BRT) has re-emerged as a cost-effective transportation alternative for satisfying growing demands for urban mobility. Bogota's BRT system has allowed for a 32 percent reduction in average travel times and significant reduction in accident and air pollution levels along the busway corridors. Although previous...

Examining Individuals' Desire for Shorter Commute: The Case of Proximate Commuting

Daniel Rodriguez
2002

Much of the theoretical and empirical debate about transport and land-use planning has focused upon the strength and vitality of the connection between the two. Studies increasingly find that this connection is weakening and thus attempts to address urban transport problems with land-use policies are ineffective. The author introduces proximate commuting, a novel employer-based program that decreases urban commuting by providing marginal accessibility improvements to its participants. With the aid of a case study involving a commercial bank in the Western Detroit Metropolitan Area,...

Travel Behavior in Neo-Traditional Neighborhood Developments: A Case Study in USA

Khattak, AJ
Daniel Rodriguez
2005
Although previous research has supported the view that neo-traditional or new urbanist designs result in more walking activity, several questions remain: Do residents of these neighborhoods substitute walking for driving trips, or do they make more trips overall? What is the role of self-selection of residents in these developments? This paper aims to address these questions by examining differences in travel behavior in a matched pair of neighborhoods (one conventional and one neo-traditional) in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, North Carolina. A detailed behavioral survey of 453 households and two...

Can Neighborhood Design Encourage Physical Activity?

Daniel Rodriguez
Khattak, AJ
Evenson, KR
2004

Although new urbanism continues to gain popularity worldwide, many of its effects remain unexamined. If neighborhood design can support or impede active lifestyles, we hypothesize that residents of new urbanist neighborhoods will exhibit higher levels of physical activity than residents of conventional communities. Following a quasi-experimental research design, this study evaluates physical activity patterns of residents in two distinctly designed neighborhoods, a new urbanist and a conventional suburban neighborhood in a central North Carolina community. The two neighborhoods were...