Fresh from the MTC-ABAG Library: Noteworthy Online Resources

Check out the latest online articles, studies and reports curated by the MTC-ABAG Library:

Transit

• Bay Area core capacity transit study : final report, from MTC
• A bid for better transit : improving service with contracted operations, from TransitCenter and Eno Center for Transportation
• Harnessing high-speed rail : how California and its cities can use rail to reshape their growth, from SPUR
• Subways, strikes, and slowdowns, from Access Magazine

Cars & Bikes

• Drive smart Bay Area: Evaluation Report, from MTC  
• Disruptive transportation : the adoption, utilization, and impacts of ride-hailing in the United States, from the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis
• National plug-in electric vehicle infrastructure analysis, from the U.S. Department of Energy
• Attribute substitution in household vehicle portfolios, from the author at UC Davis
• Ridesourcing's impact and role in urban transportation, from Access Magazine
• Parking benefit districts in China, from Access Magazine
• The hidden cost of bundled parking, from Access Magazine
• The Access almanac : traffic congestion is counter-intuitive, and fixable, from Access Magazine
• Electrically-assisted bikes : potential impacts on travel behavior, from Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

The Link between Housing and Health

• Association between adiposity outcomes and residential density : a full-data, cross-sectional analysis of 419 562 UK Biobank adult participants, from The Lancet

Environmental Justice

• Advancing environmental justice : a new state regulatory framework to abate community-level air pollution hotspots and improve health outcomes, from the Center for Environmental Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley

Transportation Data & More

• Making open transportation data useful and accessible : recommendations for good practices in open data standards management, from MTC
• How will e-commerce growth impact our transportation network? from Access Magazine
• Is travel really that bad? from Access Magazine

Also... 

New physical books and articles in the library... Come visit us!

If you live near or are visiting San Francisco, come stop by 375 Beale St. You can read the following titles in person:

• Governing the fragmented metropolis : planning for regional sustainability
• Resilient cities : overcoming fossil fuel dependence
• First/last mile transit access as an equity planning issue

Make an appointment by emailing library@bayareametro.gov or call 415-778-5236.