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Using The Planning Process To Mitigate Climate Change, Keith Bartholomew
Using The Planning Process To Mitigate Climate Change, Keith Bartholomew
TREC Project Briefs
This research evaluates how Oregon’s SB 1059 and California’s SB 375 have integrated climate change mitigation strategies into local planning processes, and seeks to understand how transportation planning can help slow climate change.
Does Compact Development Increase Or Reduce Congestion?, Reid Ewing
Does Compact Development Increase Or Reduce Congestion?, Reid Ewing
TREC Project Briefs
The net effects of sprawl or compact development on area-wide traffic congestion have been a subject of debate among transportation researchers.
This project aims to settle the debate using:
- Congestion data from the Texas Transportation Institute’s Urban Mobility Scorecard database;
- Compactness/sprawl metrics developed at the University of Utah.
Compact development may help at the margin, but the greatest reduction in congestion appears to be achieved through expansion of surface streets and higher highway user fees.
State Efforts To Fight Climate Change, Rebecca Lewis, Robert Zako
State Efforts To Fight Climate Change, Rebecca Lewis, Robert Zako
TREC Project Briefs
NITC Project Brief: A research project examines efforts in four states to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by the transportation sector.