Transportation is a big expense for America's families, and it is getting bigger. This study finds that a major factor diving up transportation costs is sprawling development. Sprawl makes driving the only practical form of transportation, and owning several cars per family is expensive, particularly for the poor. New research presented here shows that personal transportation costs are highest in sprawling places pursuing a highway oriented transportation strategy. Less sprawling places that offer an array of transportation choices cost families less, and the differences can be thousands of dollars each year. Better transportation and growth policies could help families spend less on transportation and direct more money to investments that build wealth, such as home ownership.
This report summarizes a major study of the impacts and effects of Portland, Oregon's downtown transit mall. The document assesses both the direct imp...
Many transit systems currently develop cost estimates as part of their bus service planning process. The systems use a wide variety of cost estimation...
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