Exploring unintended environmental and social-equity consequences of transit oriented development : a research report from the National Center for Sustainable Transportation.

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• Alternative Title:
  Exploring unintended environmental and social-equity consequences of transit oriented development : a National Center for Sustainable Transportation research report.
• Creators:
  Rodier, Caroline Jane ; Alemi, Farzad ; Johnston, Robert A.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of California, Davis. Institute of Transportation Studies
• Corporate Contributors:
  National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; California. Department of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Economic impacts
  • Environmental impacts
  • Equity (Justice)
  • Greenhouse gases
  • Socioeconomic factors
  • Transit oriented development
  • Travel demand
• Publication/ Report Number:
  NCST-20151000
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;California
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) (UTC)
• Abstract:
  Communities throughout the U.S. are pursuing land use and transportation plans that locate ; high density, mixed-use development near high quality rail and bus transit service. The ; objective of these plans is to meet important community goals, such as economic development, ; reduced congestion, greater transportation choice, and improved public health. These plans ; may also be critical to managing the growth in passenger travel necessary to meet greenhouse ; gas (GHG) reduction goals and avoid the most devastating damage to human and natural ; systems from climate change. Increasingly, however, there is concern that these plans may ; have unanticipated consequences that could undermine the well-being of low-income groups ; and GHG reductions. This study uses a spatial economic model developed for the Sacramento ; region (Sacramento PECAS) and an advanced travel demand model to simulate a land use and ; transportation plan from 2014 to 2030. We examine the plan’s effect on population, housing, ; rents, and consumer surplus by location and income class over time and changes in travel ; behavior. We use the EMFAC emissions model with the travel behavior output to measure ; changes in on-road vehicle GHG emissions. In addition, a lifecycle assessment model uses the ; economic activity output from the simulated scenario to estimate changes in upstream and ; downstream GHG emissions.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31122/dot_31122_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.29 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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