Measuring land use performance: policy, plan, and outcome : a white paper from the National Center for Sustainable Transportation.

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• Creators:
  Sciara, Gian-Claudia
• 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:
  • Greenhouse gases
  • Land use
  • Policy analysis
  • Regional development
  • Regional planning
  • Vehicle miles of travel
• Publication/ Report Number:
  NCST-20151000;CA16-2828
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;California
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) (UTC) ; California. Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The impact of land use patterns on travel behavior is well established in the scholarly literature. ; In particular, much research in the transportation-land use domain has measured the impact of ; land use on vehicle miles traveled (VMT) or on travel behavior indicators like mode choice that ; suggest VMT, where it cannot be measured directly (Ewing & Cervero, 2001, 2010; National ; Research Council, 2009; Salon et al., 2012). Indeed, Ewing and Cervero reviewed 200 studies ; published between 2001 and 2010 alone, summarizing evidence from this abundant literature ; that increases in such land use attributes as residential density, land use mix, accessibility, ; network connectivity, and jobs-housing balance generally correlate with modest reductions in ; VMT (2010). ; Such evidence has fostered consensus in California and elsewhere supporting public policy that ; promotes higher density development, greater mixture of land uses, and improved access to ; employment and housing. By passing the Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act ; of 2008, known as SB 375, California lawmakers acknowledged that land use planning could ; attenuate automobile use and, consequently, help to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. ; Further, the law raises expectations for California communities to grow more equitably, with ; attention to affordable housing. It syncs local housing planning with regional transportation ; planning, requires local governments to specify actions to meet low-income housing needs, and ; can compel rezoning to speed affordable housing production where local inertia would delay it. ; The research terrain of the land use-VMT relationship may be well trodden, but important ; upstream linkages bearing on that relationship have been less closely studied. What are the ; intermediate cause-and-effect relationships between broad land use policy crafted by states or ; regions and specific land use plans and polices adopted by local governments? How are specific ; local plans and policies reflected in implementation? Finally, what ultimate impacts can be ; observed in urban form and travel behavior after local plans are implemented?
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31124/dot_31124_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 864.23 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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