Research: Effect of Gas Prices on Home Location
Federal Reserve (via @ryanavent)
Gasoline prices influence where households decide to locate by changing the cost of commuting. Consequently, the substantial increase in gas prices since 2003 may have reduced the demand for housing in areas far from employment centers, leading to a decrease in the price and/or quantity of housing in those locations relative to locations closer to jobs...
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(June 23, 2010)
Blogosphere: Address Oil Demand, Focus on Transport
Streetsblog (by Earl Blumenaur)
Last week, President Obama delivered his first speech from the Oval Office on the single greatest challenge our nation faces: how we supply and consume energy...
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(June 23, 2010)
Research: Eliminating Barriers to TOD
TRB TRIS
Transit-oriented development refers to dense, mixed-use development near transit facilities, particularly denser housing development. Achieving such density is a politically difficult goal....
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(June 22, 2010)
Virginia: Toll Road Authority Considers Selling Air Rights
Washington Post
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority is studying the feasibility of selling the right to develop over the Dulles Toll Road, a potential source of millions of square feet of new housing and offices near Metro stations planned in the second phase of the rail extension to Dulles International Airport. ..
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(June 22, 2010)
Quote of the Day
Indianapolis Star
"The long-term survival of any transit service lies with Indy Connect and the ability to secure a dedicated funding source."
(June 18, 2010)
Blogosphere: Projects Lose Sight of Transit
Next American Cities
In recent years, urbanists have developed a rough consensus about how to build cities, inspired by early 20th-century growth patterns: Plan for most new construction in areas a quarter to half-mile from transit stations, and ensure that neighborhoods are walkable and include a mix of uses....
(June 18, 2010)
Quote of the Day
Huffington Post
"Broadly speaking, oil use equals driving."
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(June 17, 2010)
Blogosphere: Good and Bad Density, TOD and TAD
Transit in Utah
One of the big issues around last year's city council election in the city of Holladay focused on density. The existing council promoting density including Holladay Village and the rebuilding (if it happens...) of the former Cottonwood Mall sight. ..
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(June 17, 2010)
Quote of the Day
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Things are happening "but everything is just happening a little slower than we wanted it to be,"
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(June 16, 2010)
Blogosphere: Can MARC Save Fort Meade
Greater Greater Washington
Fort Meade is a transit black hole with growing traffic and horrible parking. I worked on Fort Meade for the better part of a decade. It made me hate commuting more than any Beltway traffic ever did. It is virtually impossible to get there without a car, and the parking is years of expansion beyond critical mass. ...
(June 16, 2010)
