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Mobilizing for Mobility, Sam Staley
Sam Staley makes the case that rising congestion in urban areas threatens the economic future of American cities. This study provides a policy framework for addressing congestion and presents a set of tools and strategies that can be used to effectively reduce congestion levels in major urban areas.
California Infrastructure Needs and SAFTEA-LU, Kenneth Orski
The highway reauthorization bill SAFTEA-LU, includes several pilot programs that allow exceptions to the federal prohibition on tolling interstate highways. In this study, Ken Orski describes each program and the potential applications in California’s transportation program.
Congestion Reduction and Policy Change in Texas, Wendell Cox and Alan Pisarski
Transportation consultants Wendell Cox and Alan Pisarski report on what lessons can be learned from the process Texas decision-makers recently went through to win support for a comprehensive congestion mitigation strategy at the state and metropolitan level.
The Demographics of Cities & Travel, Joel Kotkin
Decisions about jobs and family have important implications for the efficiency and effectiveness of different transportation options. Author Joel Kotkin in conjunction with demographer Bill Frey look at how family size, occupation, and other demographic trends influence travel behavior.
Does Building New Roads Pollute the Air?, Joel Schwartz
Harvard School of Public Health Professor Joel Schwartz will conduct a review of the literature on air quality impacts of new road capacity, discuss the issue of “conformity” and its discontents, and study the relationship between total VMT and total emissions, and local “hot spot” effects.
Survey of Policy Tools for Relieving Congestion, Ted Balaker and Adam Summers
Reason Foundation policy analysts Ted Balaker and Adam Summers will look at existing tools for congestion relief, their track record, and case studies where they have been effective.
Highway Finance, Peter Samuel
Peter Samuel examines how we can pay for increased highway investment at a time when the real value of fuel-tax revenues is eroding. This study will provide a guide for policymakers on financing major highway projects via toll-based financing, using both debt and equity, tapping important new sources of capital.
Toward a New Metropolitan Transportation Planning, Alan Pisarski
Alan Pisarski undertakes an examination of the ways in which the direction of the metropolitan transportation planning process has changed and how that has affected the effectiveness of the process in facing the challenges of congestion.
Mass Transit’s Role in Relieving Congestion, Tom Rubin
As policymakers struggle to find ways to reverse the trend of ever-worsening congestion, many point to transit as a potential solution. Transit expert Tom Rubin examines transit’s contribution to congestion relief. To what degree has transit been able to ease traffic congestion and improve mobility in our metro areas? What kinds of conditions make transit more or less able to help reduce congestion?
Policy Brief: How Congestion Affects our Personal Lives, Ted Balaker
Ted Balaker looks at some of the less-apparent costs of limited mobility, including the impact on our social circles, community involvement, consumption of culture, and stress levels.
City Case Studies: Denver & McAllen, TX, Kevin Soucie
Transportation consultant Kevin Soucie develops proposals for significantly reducing traffic congestion in Denver, Colorado and McAllen, Texas, using a combination of added physical capacity, added functional capacity via ITS technologies, and traffic management via pricing. The study provides detailed analysis of the costs and specific locations for additional capacity.
City Case Study: Ft. Myer, FL, Bob Poole
Reason's Director of Transportation Robert Poole develops a proposal to significantly reduce traffic congestion in the Ft. Myer region using a combination of added physical capacity, added functional capacity via ITS technologies, and traffic management via pricing. The study provides detailed analysis of the costs and specific locations for additional capacity.
Land Use Impacts on Traffic Congestion, Marlon Boarnet and Randall Crane
Marlon Boarnet (UC Irvine) and Randall Crane (UCLA), co-authors of Travel by Design - a seminal work examining land use and travel behavior - will examine the effects of commercial and residential land use on transportation mode choice. The key question they examine is whether changes in land use, by increasing density or mixing commercial and residential uses, can significantly influence decisions about whether people drive or take public transit.
Highway Systems Operations and Management: The Decongestion Potential
This study will look at how the structure of highway systems operations impedes the implementation of congestion-reducing technologies, and what can be done to change them.
Urban Corridor Design
Consultant Steve Lockwood discusses the principles and practices of context-sensitive design. By investing in the aesthetics of transportation corridors, and integrating them into communities, designers can make new urban road capacity a positive addition to cities.
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