U.S. immigrants and bicycling: Two-wheeled in autopia
2010 University of California, Los Angeles, study published in Transport Policy on the relationship between bicycle use and riders’ immigrant status.
Politics & Government
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of politics, elections, and local and national governments
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Hidden health costs of transportation
2010 report by the American Public Health Association examining the external costs that automotive-transportation systems impose.
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The real cost of voter registration in the United States
2009 study by the Pew Center of the States on expenses incurred at the state and county levels in Oregon during the 2008 election.
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Latinos and the 2010 Census: The foreign born are more positive
2010 survey by the Pew Hispanic Center on the relative attitudes of foreign- and U.S.-born Hispanics toward the 2010 Census.
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How to curb sports teams’ demands for free public stadiums
2008 Barry Law School paper looking at the relationship between stadiums and local economic activity and strategies for responding to teams’ demands..
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What cost-of-crime research can tell us about investing in police
2010 RAND Corporation paper on the estimates of the cost of crime, the effectiveness of police force in combating it, and potential benefits of investments in enforcement.
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What drives land-use change in the United States?
2008 paper by Harvard University, Oregon State University, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the economic and policy drivers of national land-use change.
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Smoothing effect of carpool lanes on freeway bottlenecks
2008 U.C. Berkeley study looking at the effect of carpool lanes on the number of person and vehicle hours traveled.
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Using experiments to estimate the effects of education on voter turnout
2010 paper in American Journal of Political Science examining the possible link between education levels and voter turnout.
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The suburbanization of poverty: Trends in metropolitan America, 2000 to 2008
2009 Brookings Institution study on the nature of the increase in poverty in the United States between 2000 and 2008.
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