This month’s open access, long-form reading recommendations from the MTC-ABAG Library cover housing issues, Regional Measure 3, local and state transit, the inner workings of ridesharing companies, climate change, and the overall resilience of the Bay Area. Take a look!
Housing/Development
- California’s Housing Emergency: State Leaders Must Immediately Reinvest in Affordable Homes
- Report from California Housing Partnership Corporation
- The High Cost of Short-term Rentals in New York City
- Report from the Urban Politics and Governance research group, School of Urban Planning, McGill University
- Homesharing in San Francisco : A Review of Policy Changes and Their Impacts
- Report from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute
- Getting it Right: Examining the Local Land Use Entitlement Process in California to Inform Policy and Process
- Working paper from Berkeley Center for Law, Energy & the Environment; Berkeley IURD; and Columbia Urban Community and Health Equity Lab
Legislation
- Regional Measure 3: Frequently Asked Questions
- FAQ by MTC
- Senate Bill 595 (Beall) RM 3 Expenditure Plan
- Expenditure table by MTC
Transit
- Falling Transit Ridership: California and Southern California
- Report prepared for the Southern California Association of Governments
- Public Transportation’s Impact on Rural and Small Towns: A Vital Mobility Link
- Paper by the American Public Transportation Association
- Transbay Corridor Core Capacity Program: Financial Plan (Revision 3)
- Financial report by BART
- The Transit of the Bay Area
- Graphic design project by Peter Dovak
- Effects of a public real-time multi-modal transportation information display on travel behavior and attitudes
- Research article from Journal of Public Transportation
Ridesharing
- Uber Movement: Travel Times Calculation Methodology
- Methodology by UBER Movement
- The Economics of Ride Hailing: Driver Revenue, Expenses and Taxes
- Working paper by MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
Climate Change and Resilience
- Unprecedented climate events: Historical changes, aspirational targets, and national commitments
- Research article from Science Advances
- Global climate change and local land subsidence exacerbate inundation risk to the San Francisco Bay Area
- Research article from Science Advances
- Raising the Bar on Regional Resilience: Draft
- Draft report by Bay Area Regional Collaborative
- Bay Area Earthquake Residential Building Damage + Displacement White Paper
- White paper by ABAG
- Bay Area Earthquake Shelter Needs White Paper
- White paper by ABAG
Other
- Performance Measures for Public Participation Methods
- Report from Texas A&M Transportation Institute
- The Beautiful Bay Bridge Frank Lloyd Wright Never Got to Build
- Podcast episode from Bay Curious
- The effect of connected vehicle environment on global travel efficiency and its optimal penetration rate
- Article from Journal of Advanced Transportation
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