The Urban Form and Climate Change Gamble

This article discusses how transportation and land development affect greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions from automobiles and light trucks are a large and growing share of overall greenhouse gas emissions. Although improvements in fuel and vehicle technology can help, land use and transportation planning that reduces vehicle demand is critical in reducing emissions from personal transportation. Planners and policymakers must ensure that people have reasonable alternatives to driving, such as an efficient transit system for regional travel and land use patterns that support walking and bicycling for local trips. Planners should decide where to begin to fill the gaps in current transit, walking and bicycling infrastructure and plan how to sequence investments within corridors in relationship to existing and projected needs.

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  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1762461
• Authors:
  • Frank, Lawrence D
  • Kavage, Sarah
  • Appleyard, Bruce
  • 0000-0003-2105-8079
• Publication Date: 2007-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Illustrations; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 18-23
• Serial:
  • Planning
  • Volume: 73
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: American Planning Association
  • ISSN: 0001-2610
  • Serial URL: http://www.planning.org

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air quality management; Climate change; Exhaust gases; Greenhouse gases; Infrastructure; Land use planning; Modal shift; Real estate development; Transportation planning; Travel demand; Urban travel
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01076845
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 24 2007 9:14AM