Travel by Design The Influence of Urban Form

Can transportation problems be fixed by the right neighborhood design? The tremendous popularity of the "new urbanism" and "livable communities" initiatives suggests that many persons think so. As a systematic assessment of attempts to solve transportation problems through urban design, this book asks and answers three questions: Can such efforts work? Will they be put into practice? Are they a good idea?

Marlon G. Boarnet is Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning and Economics at the University of California, Irvine.

PART I INTRODUCTION

An Overview of Travel by Design

3

(14)

Urban Design and Transportation Planning

3

(2)

Travel by Design?

5

(6)

Will the New Designs Work?

11

(1)

Will the New Designs Be Implemented?

12

(1)

Urban Design in the Context of Transportation Policy

13

(4)

PART II TRAVEL BEHAVIOR

The Trouble with Traffic

17

(16)

The Theory of Social Costs

19

(1)

Air Quality Regulation and Automobile Emissions

20

(5)

Traffic Congestion

25

(4)

Neighborhood Quality of Life

29

(1)

Summary

30

(3)

Studies of Urban Form and Travel

33

(28)

The Influence of Transportation on Urban Form

33

(2)

The Influence of Urban Form on Travel

35

(4)

Hypothetical Studies

39

(5)

Descriptive Studies

44

(3)

Multivariate Statistical Studies

47

(11)

Summary

58

(3)

The Demand for Travel

61

(20)

A Behavioral Framework

61

(7)

The Generic Impacts of Design Features on Travel

68

(4)

Issues for Applied Empirical Work

72

(3)

An Empirical Strategy

75

(4)

Summary

79

(2)

An Empirical Study of Travel Behavior

81

(28)

Overview and Data

81

(6)

Base Models

87

(7)

Incorporating Choices About Residential Location: An Empirical Model

94

(2)

Incorporating Choices About Residential Location: Results

96

(7)

Summary and Discussion

103

(6)

PART III THE SUPPLY OF PLACE

Neighborhood Supply Issues

109

(10)

Neighborhood Supply

109

(2)

Market Failure and Government Failure

111

(3)

Planning Incentives

114

(2)

Policy and Neighborhood Supply

116

(3)

Transit-Oriented Planning

119

(28)

Transit-Oriented Planning

119

(5)

Evidence from Southern California

124

(7)

Interpreting the Evidence

131

(1)

Two Behavioral Models of Transit-Oriented Planning

132

(11)

Summary

143

(4)

A Case Study of Planning

147

(24)

Data Sources and Background

148

(7)

Transit-Oriented Development in the City of La Mesa

155

(5)

Transit-Oriented Development in the City of San Diego

160

(2)

Barriers to TOD Implementation in San Diego County

162

(4)

Summary

166

(5)

PART IV WHAT ROLE FOR TRAVEL BY DESIGN?

Lessons for Research and Practice

171

(10)

The Influence of the Built Environment on Travel

172

(2)

Neighborhood Supply Obstacles

174

(1)

Is Urban Design Good Transportation Policy?

175

(2)

Policy Implications: Incentive versus Outcome Regulation

177

(2)

Directions for Future Research

179

(2)

Appendix: Data and Data Collection Methods for Chapter 7, by Source

181

(4)

Notes

185

(16)

References

201

(20)

Index

221

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