Congested Development: A Study of Traffic Delays, Access and Economic Activity in Metropolitan Los Angeles
For years Los Angeles has been ranked among the most traffic congested metropolitan areas in the U.S., often the most congested. This past year the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) ranked LA second only to Washington D.C. in the time drivers spend stuck in traffic. Such estimates are widely accepted by public officials and the media and are frequently used to justify major new transportation infrastructure investments. They are based on the premise that moving more slowly than free-flow speeds wastes time and fuel, and that these time and fuel costs multiplied over many travelers in large urban areas add up to billions of dollars in congestion costs. This study examines how traffic congestion is (i) related to a broader and more conceptually powerful concept of access and (ii) how it affects key industries, which are critical to the performance of the region’s economy.
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Corporate Authors:
Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
,University of California, Los Angeles
Institute of Transportation Studies
3250 Public Affairs Building
Los Angeles, CA United States 90095-1656 -
Authors:
- Mondschein, Andrew
- Osman, Taner
- Taylor, Brian D
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0000-0002-1037-2751
- Thomas, Trevor
- Publication Date: 2015-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 97p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Accessibility; Economic analysis; Employment; Land use; Policy; Traffic congestion
- Geographic Terms: Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01598258
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
- Report/Paper Numbers: UCLAITS-201509
- Files: BTRIS, UTC, TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 29 2016 3:28PM