A Smart Growth Bibliography:

Transportation/Air Pollution Impacts

1000 Friends of Oregon. The LUTRAQ Alternative/Analysis of Alternatives - An Interim Report, October 1992.
Summary: In response to a proposed freeway, 1000 Friends of Oregon constructed an alternative land use pattern for the future of Washington County. The alternative plan focuses on moderate density, pedestrian designed neighborhoods along a regional transit network, rather than the segregated land use pattern that had been the norm.

1000 Friends of Oregon. LUTRAQ Reports, Volume 5: Analysis of Alternatives, May 1996.
Summary: Presents updated data on the transportation and air quality impacts of the LUTRAQ Alternative.

Bae, Chang-Hee Christine, and Harry W. Richardson. Automobiles, the Environment, and Metropolitan Spatial Structure, 1994.
Summary: Qualitative discussion piece that examines the "decentralization implies more pollution" hypothesis with regard to auto related air pollution. Also, the authors discuss the job-housing balance concluding that JHB strategies produce marginal air quality benefits and require significant institutional and political changes. Paper (18 pages)

Burchell, Robert W. et al. Development Impact Assessment Handbook, the Urban Land Institute, 1994. With Development Impact Assessment Model.
Summary: The electronic model uses a combination of user provided inputs, national multipliers, and model calculations to evaluate the impacts of a new development. Impacts considered include: market; social; environmental; economic; fiscal; traffic; and shared infrastructure. The Handbook explains development impact analyses in general, provides examples, and gives instructions on how to use the electronic model. Handbook (326 pages) and Model on 3.5" diskette (Lotus 1-2-3 and Excel versions).

California Environmental Protection Agency, Air Resources Board. Land Use - Air Quality Linkage: How Land Use and Transportation Affect Air Quality, 1994.
Summary: Short report describing the land use/air quality linkage. Also, discusses community level and neighborhood level strategies for improving air quality. Literature review (18 pages).

California Environmental Protection Agency, Air Resources Board. Transportation-Related Land Use Strategies to Minimize Motor Vehicle Emissions: An Indirect Source Research Study, June 1995.
Summary: Research project to examine the potential benefits of land use planning and development in conjunction with multimodal transportation facilities. The information is intended to be used in developing land use-related programs that can increase the rate of walking, bicycling and transit use. The report also suggests community-level performance goals that can reasonably be attained in urban, suburban and rural/exurban communities by implementing packages of transportation-related land use strategies in coordination with a multimodal transportation system. Case studies, literature review (150 pages).

Canter, Larry, et al. Impact of Growth: A Guide for Socio-Economic Impact Assessment and Planning, Lewis Publishers, Inc., Chelsea, MI, 1986.
Summary: Delineation of a systematic approach which can be used in addressing potential socio-economic impacts resulting from major development projects. A step-by-step guide including factors and examples with emphasis on the project level. Book - Impact Assessment Model (533 pages).

Criterion Inc. INDEX - INtegrated Design Efficiency eXamination. Geographic Accounting Software for Measuring Urban Livability, Criterion Inc., Portland, OR, December 1995.
Summary: A customizable GIS template designed to produce spatial accounting of integrated urban resource efficiencies. INDEX runs in ArcView 2. INDEX is based upon the PLACE3S methodology, with some improvements. Computer software.

Criterion Inc. Integration of Transportation and Land-Use Efficiency with Growth Management: Application of the PLACE3S Methodology in the Eugene-Springfield Metro Area, Criterion Inc., Portland, OR, January 1996.
Summary: The project developed a computer model for estimating the energy efficiency of the land-use and transportation plans of metropolitan Eugene-Springfield. The model is based on the PLACE3S PLANNING methodology which compares the energy performance of alternative urban plans as a means of encouraging more sustainable community development. Report - Model (95 pages).

Criterion Inc. PLACE3S - Planning for Community Energy, Environmental, and Economic Sustainability, Criterion Inc., Portland, OR, 1995.
Summary: Planning methodology that compares the energy performance of alternative urban plans as a means of encouraging more sustainable community development.

Epstein, Lee R. Transportation Planning Redux: Once More Into the Breach, Urban Land, January 1992.
Summary: Summarizes the history of transportation control measures (TCMs) as required by the Clean Air Act, including a discussion of their potential impacts on land use. Article (4 pages).

Parker, Terry. The Link Between Transportation, Land Use and Air Quality, Paper for Presentation at the American Society of Civil Engineers' Conference, San Diego, October 1995, on ARB Research Projects.
Summary: Summarizes the results of two California Air Resources Board research projects on travel behavior in relation to land-use (9 pages).

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