The Latest Research on the Adoption and Growth of Bikeshare Systems
An article by Leighton Walter Kille shares some of the the findings of a 2015 research survey and analysis published in Transport Reviews, titled "Bikeshare: A Review of Recent Literature," which...
View ArticleThe Key to Escaping Poverty: Transportation
Mikayla Bouchard follows up on recent coverage of a Harvard study by focusing on the study's findings that one factor in particular determines whether people can build a better life: "A lack of...
View ArticleStudy: NIMBYs Stunt the National Economy
Annie Lowrey doesn’t pull any punches in introducing a discussion about the external costs of well-preserved residential neighborhoods: "These neighborhoods are adorable. They are desirable. And they...
View ArticleStudy: Bike Commuters Are Less Stressed
Lloyd Alter reports on a study out of the Calming Technology lab that finds bike commutes can improve stress. The researchers collected data using Spire breathing monitors from over 20,000 commutes by...
View ArticleStudy Finds a New Narrative About Racial Segregation
"The most precise and intensive study of residential segregation ever done delivers some surprising conclusions about its origins in the United States," reports Matthew Yglesias.Publication Date: Thu,...
View ArticleThree Reasons to Use Livability as a Vehicle for Sustainability
Meghan Gough, assistant professor at the Virginia Commonwealth University, guest blogs about her work on balancing livability and sustainability.
View ArticleMobilizing Against Threats to American Community Survey
Abigail Zenner reports that a recently proposed bill in Congress would threaten the collection of data vital to planning in the American Community Survey (ACS).Publication Date: Thu, 05/28/2015
View ArticleHouse Approves Cuts to Census and American Community Survey—Senate Up Next
"Late Tuesday night, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the 2016 Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations bill (H.R. 2578), severely cutting the Census Bureau’s budget," reports Abigail...
View ArticleStudy Measures Street Connectivity for Evidence of Sprawl's Decline
The study, "A century of sprawl in the United States," by Christopher Barrington-Leigh and Adam Millard, constructed a "long-run, high-resolution time series" of street-network sprawl in the United...
View ArticleWant Smart Kids? Provide Access to Green Space
"A new study out Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that green spaces can actually boost cognitive outcomes in children—in part by protecting their brains from air...
View ArticleStudy Sheds Light on Dallas Transit Deserts
Brandon Formby provides in-depth coverage of the state of public transit in Far North Dallas, a part of the city recently named by University of Texas researchers as the worst transit desert in...
View ArticleStudy: Capital Bikeshare Reduces Congestion
A study by Casey J. Wichman for the Resources for the Future (RFF) think tank examined Capital Bikeshare for its impact on transportation in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.A few of the study's...
View ArticleWhat Is a 'Great' Neighborhood? An Analysis of APA's Top-Rated Places
Adapted from: Talen, Emily, Sunny Menozzi, and Chloe Schaefer. "What Is a 'Great Neighborhood'? An Analysis of APA's Top-Rated Places." Journal of the American Planning Association 81, no. 2 (April 3,...
View ArticleThe Influence of Public Works on Gentrification
Richard Florida shares insights into a comprehensive review of gentrification research out of the University of California BerkelPublication Date: Wed, 09/02/2015
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Technology Enables a New Understanding of the World's 3.04 Trillion Trees
Chris Mooney shares news of a study called a "blockbuster," which "finds that the planet is home to 3.04 trillion trees, blowing away the previously estimate of 400 billion." Put another way, there are...
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On the 'Tree Wealth' of the World's Countries
Chris Mooney follows up on that "dramatic study" released earlier this month finding a total of 3 trillion trees living on the planet.Publication Date: Wed, 09/16/2015
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Surveying the Academic Findings about Gentrification and Displacement
Emily Badger examines the conflation of the terms gentrification and displacement, following the lead of a "thorough recent paper [pdf] published by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, written...
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Study Quantifies Land Use Benefits of Transit Investments
Angie Schmitt shares news of a "study published by the Transportation Research Board quantifies the spatial impact of transit in new ways [PDF].Publication Date: Mon, 09/28/2015
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How Sea Level Rise Will Change the Country's Geography
Chris Mooney shares news of a study that details the land on the coast of the United States that will be inundated by sea water as the effects of climate change become more and more cemented into the...
View ArticleWhy Biking and Walking Can't Be Lumped Together
Michael Andersen shares news of a study that reveals insight into a fundamental challenge facing the designing and building of alternative transportation infrastructure: pedestrian infrastructure is...
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