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Transit Villages: From Idea to Implementation

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  • Cervero, Robert

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One of the more disappointing transportation trends of the 1980s was mass transit's declining market share of metropolitan trips throughout the United States. Despite the infusion of tens of billions of dollars in public assistance for constructing new facilities and supporting bus and rail operations, transit's nationwide share of total commute trips fell from 6.4 percent in 1980 to 5.3 percent in 1990. In California, while transit journeys rose in absolute numbers during the 1980s (one of the few states where this was the case), transit's share of commute trips fell in the state's four largest metropolitan areas, despite their new rail systems: greater Los Angeles - 5.4 to 4.8 percent; San Francisco Bay Area - 11.9 to 10 percent; San Diego - 3.7 to 3.6 percent; and Sacrament - 3.7 to 2.5 percent. Nor do these trends appear to be slowing. Recent studies show Southern California's drive-alone rate increasing from 77 percent in 1992 to 79 percent in 1993. Given that California has invested over $10 billion state-wide in urban rail transit infrastructure and is poised to spend upwards of $160 billion more over the next thirty years, these trends are worrisome.

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  • Cervero, Robert, 1994. "Transit Villages: From Idea to Implementation," University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers qt3f8600n9, University of California Transportation Center.
    • Handle: RePEc:cdl:uctcwp:qt3f8600n9
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    1. Boarnet, Marlon G. & Compin, Nicholas S., 1996. "Transit-Oriented Development in San Diego County: Incrementally Implementing a Comprehensive Idea," University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers qt52v7c5rr, University of California Transportation Center.
    2. Ali Ardeshiri & Akshay Vij, 2019. "A lifestyle-based model of household neighbourhood location and individual travel mode choice behaviours," Papers 1902.01986, arXiv.org, revised Nov 2019.
    3. Rodier, Caroline J, 2000. "Uncertainty in Travel and Emissions Models: A Case Study in the Sacramento Region," University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers qt7cg7f9dd, University of California Transportation Center.
    4. Michael B. Teitz, 1996. "American Planning in the 1990s: Evolution, Debate and Challenge," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 33(4-5), pages 649-671, May.
    5. Ardeshiri, Ali & Vij, Akshay, 2019. "Lifestyles, residential location, and transport mode use: A hierarchical latent class choice model," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 126(C), pages 342-359.

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