Mixed findings have been reported in previous research regarding the impact of built
environment on travel behavior—ie, statistically and practically significant effects found in a …

Much of the literature shows that a compact city with well-mixed land use tends to produce
lower vehicle miles traveled (VMT), and consequently lower energy consumption and less …

Problem: Localities and states are turning to land planning and urban design for help in
reducing automobile use and related social and environmental costs. The effects of such …

Concerns over rising fuel prices and greenhouse-gas emissions have prompted research
into the influences of built environments on travel, notably vehicle miles traveled (VMT). On …

There has been an increasing interest in the land use-transportation connection in the past
decade, motivated by the possibility that design policies associated with the built …

Global concern about fossil fuel use and associated environmental externalities has led
many governments to consider actions that encourage their residents to drive less. This …

Transit-oriented development (TOD) has gained popularity worldwide as a sustainable form
of urbanism by concentrating developments near a transit station so as to minimize auto …

The sprawling patterns of land development common to metropolitan areas of the US have
been blamed for high levels of automobile travel, and thus for air quality problems. In …

Building more like San Francisco (CA), and less like Jacksonville (FL), will give us better
transportation outcomes. This proposition is intuitive—people in San Francisco do, after all …

This paper critically examines the current literature on the relationships between the built
environment and household vehicle miles traveled (VMT). VMT itself is rarely of direct policy …