This report’s objectives are to evaluate the potential for rehabbing and rebuilding sections of interstate highways in urbanized areas to serve multimodal transportation facilities and to develop strategies to implement these plans. Download the full …
Livability
Bicycling and Walking in the U.S.: 2012 Benchmarking Report (Alliance for Biking and Walking, 2012)
This 3rd biennial benchmarking report looks at data and policies in all 50 states and the 51 largest US cities to examine how they stack up for walking and biking. This is a useful tool for local and state officials that would like to improve conditions and safety for bicyclists and pedestrians, or to promote non-motorized transportation.
Making the Case for Transit: WMATA Regional Benefits of Transit (WMATA, 2011)
A November, 2011 report from Washington, DC makes the case for why transit is important to the region, and imagines what it would look like without transit. The WMATA web site gives a brief overview, and the …
Transportation and Health: Policy Interventions for Safer, Healthier People and Communities (Partnership for Prevention and Safe Transportation Research & Education Center (SafeTREC), 2011)
This report outlines transportation policy solutions to improve public health and safety and is divided into three parts: policies that improve the environment and environmental health; policies that enhance community design and promote active transportation; …