Transportation, Land Use, and Environmental Planning

Written by renowned scholars and rising stars, Transportation, Land Use, and Environmental Planning examines the practices and policies linking transportation, land use, and environmental planning to achieve a healthy environment, a thriving economy, and a more equitable and inclusive society.

Transportation, Land Use, and Environmental Planning assesses the latest best practices for improving the performance of cities’ and regions’ transportation systems, looking at such issues as public transit and nonmotorized travel investments, mixed use and higher density urban development, radically transformed vehicles, and transportation systems enabled by emerging technological innovations.

The book lays out the need for greater integration of transportation, land use, and environmental planning, looking closely at changing demographic needs, public health concerns, housing affordability, equity, and livability. It then offers strategies for achieving these desired outcomes, discussing urban design and land use planning, regional and corridor-level transit plans, bike and pedestrian improvements, demand management strategies, and emerging new technologies and services. The final part of the book examines the implementation challenges, considering lessons from around the US and around the globe at local and regional levels, and concludes by examining the controversies that can erupt when introducing regional plans for sustainability, the challenges of infrastructure finance, and the role of transportation research plays

Introduces never-before-published researchOffers best practices for transit, cycling, urban design, and housing provisionAssesses emerging developments such as smart cities, new vehicle technologies, automated highways, and transportation sharingExamines the institutional and political dimensions of sustainability planning at the urban and regional levelsUtilizes case studies from around the world showing alternative ways forward

PART I

MOTIVATIONS

1. The changing nature of work and time use: implications for travel demand

2. Integrating health into metropolitan transportation planning

3. Transportation and land use as social determinants of health: the case of arterial roads

4. Transit-oriented displacement: the role of transit access in the housing market

PART II

STRATEGIES

5. Urban design for sustainable and livable communities: the case of Vancouver

6. Measuring land use performance: from policy to plan to outcome

7. The transit metropolis: a 21st century perspective

8. Livability as a framework for understanding and guiding transportation and land use integration

9. Making US cities pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly

10. Parking: not as bad as you think, worse than you realize

11. Traffi c management strategies for urban networks: smart city mobility technologies

12. Vehicle technologies for achieving near and longer term fuel economy and climate goals

13. Sharing strategies: carsharing, shared micromobility (bikesharing and scooter sharing), transportation network companies, microtransit, and other innovative mobility modes

14. The role of behavioral economics and social nudges in sustainable travel behavior

Part III

BROADENING THE SCOPE

15. Energy sources for sustainable transportation and urban development

16. Balancing education opportunities with sustainable travel and development

17. Planners’ presence in planning for water quality and availability

PART IV

IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES: THE CASE OF CALIFORNIA

18. Integrated transport and land use planning aiming to reduce GHG emissions: International comparisons

19. Defi ning TOD: learning from California law

20. Sustainability planning by Metropolitan Planning Organizations: California and national trends

21. The role of county-level agencies in coordinating local climate planning in California

22. California’s SB 375 and the pursuit of sustainable and affordable development

23. Citizen mobilization in digital and analog: when regional planning lands in Marin County, California, is it a carrot or a stick painted orange?

PART V

CONCLUSIONS

24. The role of modern research universities in advancing innovative transportation infrastructure renewal