This article investigates various ways that transportation policy and planning decisions affect public health and better ways to incorporate public health objectives into transport planning. Conventional planning tends to consider some public health impacts, such as crash risk and pollution...

India is experiencing rapid urbanization with major migrations from rural areas into cities. It is also experiencing rapid motorization as more households can afford to own and use private automobiles, transportation infrastructure changes to accommodate this traffic, and other travel modes –...

There is growing interest in sustainability, sustainable development, and sustainable transportation. This paper identifies issues related to the definition, evaluation and implementation of sustainable transportation. Significant issues include the range of definitions of sustainability, the...

There is growing interest in sustainability, sustainable development, and sustainable transportation. This paper identifies issues related to the definition, evaluation and implementation of sustainable transportation. Significant issues include the range of definitions of sustainability, the...

Housing affordability is an important policy goal. However, housing is not truly affordable if located in an inaccessible area with high transportation costs. Increasing the supply of affordable housing in accessible locations helps achieve multiple planning objectives: it reduces transportation...

This paper describes the Online TDM Encyclopedia, a unique new Internet resource to help transportation professionals identify, evaluate and implement innovative mobility management strategies. It is available free at www.vtpi.org. The Encyclopedia contains detailed information on more than...