Tag: transportation
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Toward Accurate and Valid Estimates of Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Bikeway Projects
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Heightening Walking above its Pedestrian Status: Walking and Travel Behavior in California
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Enabling Strategic Growth in Cudahy, California
After decades of sprawl, state and regional governments are now focused on encouraging compact, infill and transit-oriented growth as a key strategy to reduce vehicle travel and greenhouse gas emissions. According to this logic, growth in already-developed areas that are more central and better-served by transit will result in less driving and fewer emissions. Cudahy…
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Director Brian Taylor Discusses the History of Los Angeles Freeways in the LA Times
Lewis Center and Institute of Transportation Studies Director Brian Taylor has written extensively on the history and financing of freeways- see here for a paper on California freeways and here for an article on how the United States system was financed. Most recently, a Los Angeles Times article used Taylor’s work as the basis for an article about freeway development throughout past…