Does Compact Development Make People Drive Less?

Journal of the American Planning Association, 83(1): 7-18, 2017

By: American Planning Association National, Mark Stevens

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01944363.2016.1240044
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Benefits of Compact, Mixed Use Development

This JAPA article discusses the impact that compact development has on driving patterns, given the mixed results in current research. It concludes that compact development does have a small impact on driving, but that planners should develop a more holistic strategy to curb driving than just promoting density.