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Reid Ewing

Reid Ewing

Professor

City & Metropolitan Planning

University of Utah

Reid Ewing is a Distinguished Professor of City and Metropolitan Planning at the University of Utah, associate editor of the Journal of the American Planning Association, and columnist for Planning magazine. His 10 books include Pedestrian and Transit-Oriented Design, co-published by the Urban Land Institute and American Planning Association; Growing Cooler: Evidence of Urban Development and Climate Change, published by the Urban Land Institute; and Best Development Practices, listed by the American Planning Association (APA) as one of the 100 “essential” books in planning over the past 100 years. Ewing’s research focuses on the built environment at five different scales and its impacts on quality of life. He has studied the built environment at scales ranging from the individual block and pedestrian activity, to the MXD and internal capture, to the metropolitan region and mode shares.

Email: ewing@arch.utah.edu


Projects

  • Is Transit-Oriented Development Affordable for Low and Moderate Income Households?
  • Scooting to a New Era in Active Transportation: Examining the Use and Safety of E-Scooters
  • Reducing VMT, Encouraging Walk Trips, and Facilitating Efficient Trip Chains through Polycentric Development
  • Key Enhancements to the WFRC/MAG Four-Step Travel Demand Model
  • Does Compact Development Increase or Reduce Traffic Congestion?
  • Building Planner Commitment: Are Oregon’s SB 1059 & California’s SB 375 Models for Climate-Change Mitigation?
  • How does transportation affordability vary between TODs, TADs, and other areas
  • Trip and Parking Generation at Transit-Oriented Developments
  • Pedestrian and Transit Oriented Design
  • Do TODs Make a Difference?
  • Do TODs Make A Difference? Phase 2
  • How Affordable is HUD Affordable Housing?
  • Effect of Light-Rail Transit on Traffic in a Travel Corridor

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  • Curriculum: K-12 and University

 

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