Calculating GHG emissions reductions for transportation projects is both difficult and imperative for policy. The existing scholarship reflects three problems: 1) the complexity of transportation systems and travel behavior, 2) the lack of data to support emissions calculations, 3) the inability to apply existing academic models to policy implementation.
In this study we draw on data from the last two California Household Travel Surveys to examine walking behavior in four major California regions—the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Diego.
TTI estimated that traffic congestion cost the LA economy a staggering $13.3 billion in 2014, based on premise that moving slowly wastes time and fuel, costs that are multiplied over millions of travelers. But do such measures really capture how congestion and the conditions that give rise to it affect regional economies?
Scholars, municipalities and federal agencies have proposed new measures for evaluating street performance for non-automobile modes including transit service, bicyclists and pedestrians.
This paper concerns the methods for calculating Pedestrian Level of Service and Bicycle Level of Service as they are presented in the 2010 Highway Capacity Manual.
Bicycle and pedestrian counts enable robust understanding of costs, benefits, behavior, and more. Data from four San Gabriel Valley cities provide an understanding of the effectiveness of walking and cycling infrastructure and safety investment.
The purpose of this appendix is to help readers further explore similarities and differences in seven station areas ( Van Nuys, Fillmore, Wilshire/Vermont, Culver City, Leimert Park, Compton, and Paramount/Rosecrans) and to be inspired to consider how different features shape neighborhoods around rail stations throughout Los Angeles County.
This brief provides a short history of how transit and land development have often gone hand-in-hand in L.A., summarizes research that shows that residential density in greater L.A. is still influenced by long-gone streetcar routes, and recommends ways to achieve greater synergies between housing and public transit investments.
This brief explores why and how jurisdictions in the Los Angeles region should zone for more diverse-types of lowrise housing, especially near transit.
This is a summary of a report that provides a conceptual framework for thinking about how more people can live and work near transit, near the major regional investments that county residents are paying for, in ways that maximize social benefits and minimize social costs.
