Tools for Estimating VMT Reductions from Built Environment Changes

Details

• Creators:
  Vernez Moudon, Anne ; Stewart, Orion
• Corporate Creators:
  Washington State Transportation Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Vehicle miles of travel
  • Walking
  • Bicycling
  • Public transit
  • Land use
  • Transportation planning
  • Travel behavior
  • Mode choice
  • Estimating
  • Research Hub
• Publication/ Report Number:
  WA-RD 806.3
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Washington ; United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Washington (State). Dept. of Transportation. Research Office
• Abstract:
  Built environment characteristics are associated with walking, bicycling, transit use, and vehicle miles traveled (VMT). Developing built environments supportive of walking, bicycling, and transit use can help meet state VMT reduction goals. But tools are necessary to understand how changes to the built environment may translate into changes in travel. Such tools can help optimize land use and transportation investments for reduced VMT and communicate such changes to the public. This report reviews the built environment characteristics associated with travel and the tools available that utilize these built environment characteristics to estimate travel and related outcomes such as vehicle emissions and health co-benefits. Tools ranged from simple to complex, and a number of factors should be considered when applying a tool to a planning effort.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Agreement T4118 Task 87
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/24385/dot_24385_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.50 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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