While the concept of accessibility has been around for over a century, this lecture will argue for a shift from mobility to accessibility as the foundation of transportation and land-use planning. This “accessibility shift”:
● is compelled by the very purpose of transportation;
● would be transformative in planning practice; but
● is impeded by a number of misconceptions about its nature.
The accessibility shift will be considered in light of another reformist approach, which has been recently pioneered in California: the focus on vehicle-miles traveled, as opposed to highway level of service, in gauging the environmental impact of transportation and land-use decisions.
Speakers
Jonathan Levine
speaker
