Research Highlights
Metropolitan Centers: Evaluating local implementation of regional plans and policies
Richard Margerum
Keith Bartholomew , Rebecca Lewis
One of the emerging strategies in metropolitan regions for integrating transportation and land use is to promote development around higher density mixed use centers (metropolitan centers). Considerable research has focused on the design and performance of centers, particularly those linked to fixed transit (transit oriented development). These studies have focused on urban design, the impacts of centers on behavior and the changes induced by fixed transit investment. However, there has been f...
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Framing Livability: A Strategic Communications Approach to Improving Public Transportation in Oregon
Deborah Morrison
Autumn Shafer , Rebecca Lewis
Oregon is recognized as a national leader in improving transportation options and limiting urban sprawl. In the 42 years since Senate Bill 100 launched Oregon's land use planning program, these efforts have gone by different names: "reducing reliance on the automobile," "reducing vehicles miles traveled," "reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation," "compact, mixed-use, transit-oriented development," "smart growth," "sustainability," and "livability," to name a few. Despite these ...
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