infrastructure

This policy brief summarizes findings from research on perceived comfort of bicycling in different road environments in order to provide guidance for communities aiming to increase bicycling.

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology created a semi-automated process for developing an all-streets network to be used in TDM applications to more accurately model bicycle travel.

The objective of this project is to develop an analytical tool and an associated network that includes all possible bicycle paths (i.e., roads, bicycle paths, cut-through paths, etc.) for a 12 square mile study area in the City of Atlanta that can be expanded later to the Atlanta Metro area.

This policy brief summarizes findings from UC Davis research that used life cycle assessment, a modeling tool for evaluating a product or activity’s environmental impacts through all stages of its life, to quantify the environmental performance of complete streets.

“Complete streets” is a design concept for primarily urban streets and intersections (existing and/or new) intended to encourage active transportation by bicyclists and pedestrians by making streets safer, convenient, and attractive for active transportation. This project seeks to provide insight into specific and different potential benefits of a given complete streets project.

This policy brief summarizes findings from a study that assessed the adequacy of current tools, efforts and vertical collaborations aimed at climate change adaptation.

Researchers at the University of California, Davis developed a decision support framework for local governments to assess life cycle greenhouse gas reductions and costs of Climate Action Plan strategies. The researchers demonstrated their approach by developing marginal abatement cost curves for two California counties, Yolo and Unincorporated Los Angeles, based on strategies from their respective Climate Action Plans. This policy brief summarizes findings from that research.