Peak travel? Trends in passenger transport
2011 Stanford and U.C. Berkeley study on global trends in transportation and how they may impact predictions about future carbon emissions levels.
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The greenness of cities: C02 emissions and urban development
2008 policy brief by the Rappaport Institute and Taubman Center on carbon dioxide emissions across metropolitan and suburban areas in the United States.
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Speed cameras for the prevention of road traffic injuries and deaths
2010 metastudy by researchers from the University of Queensland on the findings from 35 different studies of speed cameras.
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Relationships between streetcars and the built environment
2010 study from the Transit Cooperative Research Program on recent streetcar systems and their impact on development and land-use patterns.
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New York City pedestrian safety study and action plan
2009 study commissioned by the New York City Department of Transportation analyzing trends and causes of pedestrian-related car crashes.
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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.
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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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Impact of air quality on hospital spending
2010 RAND Corporation study on the cost of medical care attributed to California’s failure to meet federal clean air standards.
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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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Did U.S. highways cause suburbanization?
2008 Brown University paper examining the extent to which highways could explain rates of suburbanization within the U.S.
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