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Want to Slow Displacement? Then Build More Housing, Says Legislative Analyst’s Office
What will it take to make sure there’s a future for lower- and middle-income people in California? Anyone who has tried to look for a place to live recently knows that question is much more than an abstract policy discussion.
February 11, 2016
Catching Up with the Rapidly Transforming Transportation Landscape
In the last few years, technological advances have been changing the transportation system in ways unanticipated and unprecedented. Bike-share and car-share offered alternatives heretofore nonexistent. Then, in swept Uber and Lyft and other “Transportation Network Companies,” or TNCs, and mobile apps that could completely change the ways people move around in their communities.
December 11, 2015
Is Rail That Important for Transit-Oriented Development?
It may be that TOD—transit-oriented development, which puts high density housing near transit to encourage people to travel by means other than by car—may be putting too much emphasis on the T. That is, the fact that people have a train station near at hand may not necessarily be what encourages them to use it. Other things—like whether they have access to free parking—seem to have more influence on car ownership and driving.
December 3, 2015
The Benefits of Bike-Share Are Huge And Varied
Bike-share is excellent in multiple ways. It eases traffic congestion in large, dense cities. It increases transit use in suburbs and smaller cities. And in all kinds of cities, it reduces auto use. It also has its drawbacks.
December 2, 2015
Grading Rail Stations: How Does Your Local Station Stack Up?
A new report out today grades California's rail stations on how well they encourage local residents and workers to ride transit. The report, Grading California's Rail Transit Station Areas [PDF], examined almost 500 stations in the state's major transit rail systems and the neighborhoods around them. The purpose was to measure how well they “accommodate population growth, boost economic activity, and improve the environment,” as the subtitle has it.
October 6, 2015