Determining Optimal Urban Expansion, Population and Vehicle Density, and Housing Types for Rapidly Growing Cities

Proceedings of the World Conference on Transport Research, Shanghai, China, July 10–15, 2016

By: Elsevier B.V., Todd Litman

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Benefits of Compact, Mixed Use Development

This article sets optimal density and vehicle ownership rates for constrained and unconstrained cities and advocates for the use of smart growth and Transportation Demand Management (TDM) policies. Table 9 summarizes the findings.