Are We There Yet: The High Cost Of H+T
January 15, 2013
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Editor's Note: Saving on transportation costs can be critical to household budgets staying in the black. This has never been more true than today, when many people are struggling to make ends meet. To that end, this excerpt from Are We There Yet? discusses both the importance of providing more housing choices near public transit and in walkable and bike-friendly communities, and the need to ensure that public transit actually connects people to the places they need to go such as jobs and educational opportunities.
Visit the Are We There Yet? home Housing costs have grown far faster than income over the past 50 years, and the share of households that struggle to pay their rent or mortgage has increased dramatically over the past decade, according to a recent study by Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. The 2012 study found that well over one-third of U.S. households paid more than 30 percent of their income for…
Visit the Are We There Yet? home Housing costs have grown far faster than income over the past 50 years, and the share of households that struggle to pay their rent or mortgage has increased dramatically over the past decade, according to a recent study by Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. The 2012 study found that well over one-third of U.S. households paid more than 30 percent of their income for…
New Report Documents Rising H+T Costs Are Outpacing Family Income
October 18, 2012
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The combined costs of housing and transportation in the nation's largest 25 metro areas have swelled by 44 percent since 2000 while incomes have failed to keep pace, according to a new report. "Losing Ground: The Struggle of Moderate-Income Households to Afford the Rising Costs of Housing and Transportation" details the challenges that American households face as the combined costs of housing and transportation consume an ever-larger share of household incomes.
The Colorado Mile Markers: A Report for Kaiser Permanente, Colorado
June 27, 2012
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A May, 2012, report on promoting active transportion -- walking, biking -- commissioned by Kaiser Permanente Colorado has been added to the Resource Center best practices database.
Distance, Dispersion and Poverty Make Difficult Choices for Public Transit
April 24, 2012
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The Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas is located in the very southernmost region of the continental U.S. This area is composed of three counties with 3,643 square miles which contains a population of over 1.2 million inhabitants.1 This land area is larger in square miles than two states (DE and RI), and has a population larger than eight states (WY, VT, ND, AK, SD, DE, MT, RI). If the distances weren’t enough of a problem for transit providers, there is the dispersion of the population over those 3,600 square miles. Dispersion occurs as a result of small, very poor housing communities called colonias.
TransitRenewal 201202017
April 11, 2012
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Sacramento Regional Transit's draft TransitRenewal 2012-2017 Sevice Implementation for TransitAction has been added to the Research Center best practices database. The document aims to position the transit district's network to sustainably meet future transit demand within its service area.
Walking, Bicycling, and Urban Landscapes: Evidence from the San Francisco Bay Area
April 9, 2012
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A 2003 working paper from Robert Cervero and Michael Duncan of University of California, Berkeley, has been added to the Research Center best practices. "Walking, Bicycling, and Urban Landscapes: Evidence from the San Francisco Bay Area" examines the question of what impact the built environment has on non-motorized travel (NMT) behavior.
TOD As A Transportation Strategy: 2001 Analysis Questions Value
March 20, 2012
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Daniel Luscher's 2001 evaluation of transit-oriented development as a traffic congestion reduction strategy has been added to the Resource Center best practices database.
Research on Factors Relating to Density and Climate Change
March 12, 2012
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A June 2010 survey of research explores the potential of residential density to reduce climate change by reducing vehicle miles driver.
Density Matters
March 2, 2012
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An article and a research paper that explore the life and death nature of urban density have been added to the Research Center best practices database.
The effects of street connectivity on walkability and access to transit
February 24, 2012
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A 2010 doctoral dissertation on the effects of street connectivity on walkability and access to transit has been added to the Resource Center best practices. "Walking to the station: The effects of street connectivity on walkability and access to transit" was written by Ayse N. Ozbil for his Doctor of Philosophy degree in the College of Architecture at Georgia Institute of Technology.
