Transit accessibilityTransportation

Transportation is not simply about cars. Transportation is a system to provide efficient access among people, things, and information.

Road building has long been assumed to be the answer to transportation problems. Recent empirical studies, however, have demonstrated that a significant amount of new road capacity is quickly used up due to "induced travel," which are new auto trips attracted to new or widened roads. As a consequence, you can't build your way out of traffic congestion with roads alone.

The solution to our increasing traffic congestion, rather than merely more roads, is a greater variety of choices for getting people and things between where they are and where they need to be. This includes more and better mass transit, but also well-designed, mixed-use development and neighborhood revitalization that incorporate the choice of walking and