Abstract

The paper explores the transportation-land use policy connection. More specifically, it considers the question, can land use policy be used to alter transportation behavior? The answer is of some importance. If the answer is yes, then there is hope that land use policies can be designed and implemented that will bring some relief to the congestion and complex transportation problems that are facing US metropolitan areas. This is the underlying assumption behind most smart growth policy reforms. If the answer is no, then land use policy may still be important, but is not likely to play an important role in resolving transportation issues. The paper then offers a schematic that identifies necessary conditions for land use policy to play a role in addressing transportation issues. Specifically, the paper argues that for land use policy to play an effective role, three conditions must hold. First, land use must be able to alter transportation behavior; secondly, transportation infrastructure must not fully determine land use; and thirdly, the condition on which the authors consider most extensively, land use policy must significantly and constructively affect land use. After presenting the schematic, the paper considers the evidence on each of these conditions. Based on the review of the evidence, the paper concludes that land use policy can play an effective role in transportation issues, but that the role is likely to be small, often counter productive, and most effective at the neighborhood scale.


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http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/9780080460550-005,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/9780080460550-005 under the license http://www.emeraldinsight.com/page/tdm
https://trid.trb.org/view/781581,
https://drum.lib.umd.edu/handle/1903/21522,
http://smartgrowth.umd.edu/assets/documents/research/knaapsong_translandpolicy_2005.pdf,
https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/285287101


DOIS: 10.1108/9780080460550-005 10.13016/m25717s3n 10.1016/b978-008044678-3/50065-x

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Published on 01/01/2005

Volume 2005, 2005
DOI: 10.1108/9780080460550-005
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