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Studies & Polls Back to the Press Room
Polls:
2005
TransAction 2030 Public Survey
Commissioned
by: Northern Virginia Transportation Authority
2004
American Community Survey
Commissioned by: National Association of Realtors & Smart Growth
America
2003
Virginia Voter Survey
Commissioned by: Virginia League of Conservation Voters,
Coalition for Smarter Growth, &
Piedmont Environmental Council
Studies:
| Transit-Oriented Development | Affordable Housing |
| Transportation | Other |
Barriers &
Incentives to Transit-Oriented Development in the Washington Area: PDF
or see a summary
of the report
ULI & the Smart Growth Alliance
Transit-Oriented
Development in Arlington County, Virginia: Thirty Years of Results
Part
1 (PDF) Part
2 (PDF)
This study documents the financial, transportation and community results
of Arlington County's effort to concentrate development near the county's
Metro stations.
Dennis Leach, formerly
of TransManagement, Inc. now with Arlington County published by Reconnecting America's
Center for Transit Oriented Development
Hidden
in Plain Sight: Capturing the Demand for Housing Near Transit
The study finds that across the U.S. more than 14.6 million households are likely
to want to rent and buy housing near transit by 2025, double the number that live
in these neighborhoods today. Meeting this demand would require building 2,100
residential units near each of the 3,971 stations included in the study.
Reconnecting America's
Center for Transit Oriented Development
This study shows that only
a few of the region's governments are providing significant and stable
local funding for affordable housing. It demonstrates that other jurisdictions
could follow their example as housing values rise, affordability decreases,
and property tax revenues climb.
Washington
Regional Network
The
Affordable Housing Progress Report: What the Washington, DC Region's Jurisdictions
Can Do to Combat the Crisis
This study reports on the status of affordable housing needs in the Washington,
DC region. It provides guidance to area jurisdictions on housing policies
that have the potential to respond to the affordable housing crisis.
Washington Regional Network
LUTRAQ - Making the Land Use, Transportation & Air Quality Connection
A groundbreaking study and
approach that constructed an alternative land
use pattern for the future of Washington County, Oregon. It focused on
the transportation and air quality impacts of an approach with moderate
density, pedestrian designed neighborhoods along a regional transit network.
The scenario and modeling were done by 1000 Friends of Oregon with the
help of Cambridge Systematics, Calthorpe Associates, Parsons Brinckerhoff,
Quade & Douglas, ECONorthwest, several advisory committees, and the
citizens’ group Sensible Transportation Options for People.
1000 Friends of Oregon
The full set of reports
Generated Traffic and Induced Travel: Implications for Transportation Planning
Transportation improvements can encourage more and longer trips,
changes in travel patterns, and land use changes. This is called "generated
traffic" or "induced travel." The effects of generated traffic
are often ignored in investment analysis, resulting in overstated benefits and
understated costs. This report defines various types of generated traffic and
discusses their impacts. It describes ways to predict generated traffic and estimate
net costs for transport planning and investment analysis. Victoria
Transport Policy Institute
Neighborhood Parking Solutions - Washington Regional Network
Studies on many transportation topics from the Victoria Transport Policy Institute
| 2004
American Community Survey Commissioned by: National Association of Realtors & Smart Growth America |
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| Looks at people's attitudes about where they live, why and where and what we should build next. |
Read the Poll
and supporting materials
Read the Coalition's Press
Release
2003
Virginia Voter Survey
Commissioned by: Virginia League of Conservation Voters,
Coalition for Smarter Growth, &
Piedmont Environmental Council
Measures Attitudes About:
Read the full
poll and see all of the materials
