Travel by Design: The Influence of Urban Form on Travel by Marlon G. Boarnet, Randall Crane

By Marlon G. Boarnet, Randall Crane

Can transportation difficulties be fastened via the fitting local layout? The large approval for the "new urbanism" and "livable groups" tasks means that many individuals imagine so. As a scientific evaluation of makes an attempt to resolve transportation difficulties via city layout, this publication asks and solutions 3 questions: Can such efforts paintings? Will they be placed into perform? Are they a great idea?

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It is rarely easy to sort out cause and effect or even what exactly is happening at any point in time, let alone why. The general idea in hypothetical studies is to construct situations, in a strategically simplified yet tightly controlled environment, where different land-use patterns and other urban design features can be linked clearly to travel. The exercise is only artificial to the extent it is incorrect. Say, for example, we simulate a city where 80 percent of the population drives to the grocery story and the remainder walk or take the bus.

The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments specify sanctions for states that contain regions not in compliance with EPA standards. Those sanctions include the possibility of losing all federal highway funds except those grants specifically related to safety and air quality goals (Shrouds, 1992, pp. 27-29; Erbes, 1996, p. 3). 10 The 1970 Clear Air Act Amendments also gave the EPA the authority to regulate automobile tailpipe emissions. The EPA mandated that automobile emissions of CO, NOx, and hydrocarbons (or VOCs) be reduced to 10% of 1970 levels by 1975 (Lave and Omenn, 1981, pp.

For example, the 1970 Clean Air Act Amendments set maximum limits for concentrations of harmful pollutants within air basins. Theoretically, this is akin to identifying the optimal quantity of either driving or, in the case of the 1970 Clean Air Act Amendments, the associated externalities, and mandating that the quantities of the externality not exceed the optimal amount. 7 Yet most environmental regulation in the United States has been quantity regulation, in the spirit of, for example, the Clean Air Act Amendment's maximum limits of concentrations of pollutants in air basins.

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