Land Use, Transportation and the Environment

United States Environmental Protection Agency, Our Built and Natural Environments, January 2001.  (See page 22 for a discussion of induced travel demand from increasing road capacity)

Littman, Todd. Generated Traffic and Induced Demand: Implications for Transport Planning. Victoria Transport Policy Institute: September 17, 2007.

The Transportation - Global Warming Connection:

Portland Business Journal. Governor Wants to Consider Highway Tolling, Portland Business Journal, April 11, 2008.

Press Release: Governor Lays Out Strategy to Integrate Climate Change and Transportation Policies, April 11, 2008.

Ewing, Reid; Bartholomew, Keith; Winkelman, Steve; Walters, Jerry; and Chen, Don. Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change. Smart Growth America: 2008.

Williams-Derry, Clark. Increases in Greenhouse-Gas Emissions From Highway-Widening Projects.  Sightline Institute: October 2007.

Hidalgo, Dario. Will Technology Save Us? The City Fix: Exploring Sustainable Solutions to the Problems of Urban Mobility [Blog]: October 23, 2007.

Dutzik, Tony and Figdor, Emily. Rising to the Challenge: Six Steps to Cut Global Warming Emissions in the United States. U.S. PIRG Education Fund. Summer 2006.

Greene, David L. and Schafer, Andreas. Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from U.S. Transportation. Pew Center on Global Climate Change: May 2003.

Greenhouse-Gas Emissions From Transportation and Other Mobile Sources: Resources from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


Climate Change Resources:

Governer's Advisory Group on Global Warming. Oregon Strategy for Greenhouse Gas Reductions: Final Report. Oregon Department of Energy: March 24, 2005.

Oregon State Legislature. Oregon House Bill 3543 (Oregon Greenhouse Gas  Emissions Reduction Goals). 74th Oregon Legislative Assembly; Effective August 7, 2007.

Washington State Legislature. Washington House Bill 2815 (A Framework for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Washington Economy). 60th Washington Legislature. Effective June 12, 2008.

Resource Innovations. The Economic Impacts of Climate Change in Oregon: A Preliminary Assessment. Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon: October 2005.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Reports

Pollan, Michael. Why Bother? The New York Times Magazine - The Green Issue: April 20, 2008.


Transportation Pollution and Human Health:

Hackenmiller-Paradis, Renee.  The Price of Pollution: Cost Estimates of Environmentally Related Disease in Oregon.  Oregon Environmental Council: February 2008.

Smith, Melinda. Highway Air Pollution a Threat to Children's Lungs. Voice of America: January 30, 2007.

8 Studies on the Human Health Impacts of Pollution from Motor Vehicles. Health Effects Task Force, Breathe California: 1995-2006.

Clean Air Task Force. Diesel and Health in America: The Lingering Threat. Clean Air Task Force: February 2005.

Reynolds, Gretchen. For Athletes, A Hidden Traffic Hazard. The New York Times: July 12, 2007.

Other Resources:

Rubin, Jeff. Heading for the Exit Lane. CIBC World Markets: June 26, 2008.

City of Muenster, Germany. A Visual Analysis of the Space Required to Transport 72 People.



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