Refueling and Rebuilding America through Investment in Transportation
A one-pager published by APTA.
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Public Transportation Gets Our Economy Moving
A one-pager on the economic benefits of transit investment published by APTA.
Jumpstarting the Transit Space Race: How the New Administration Could Make America Energy-Independent, Create Jobs and Keep the Economy Strong
This report by Reconnecting America, “documents the interest in transit projects around the U.S., and calculates the investment required to build all the proposed new lines. The report concludes that a transit building program not unlike the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act after World War II would help address many of the challenges facing this country — from rising gas prices to climate change — and it would create jobs.”
Job Impacts of Spending on Public Transportation: An Update
A report prepared by APTA for the Economic Development Research Group.
Why “Fast Tracks Fix it First” Projects are a Better Stimulus
This report outlines why “Fast Track Fix it First” projects are a better investment of stimulus dollars than Capacity Increase or process intensive major rehabilitation or replacement projects.
The Economic Impact of Public Transportation Investment
This study, prepared by the Economic Development Research Group for APTA, finds that for every $1 invested in public transportation, an average of $4 is generated in economic returns, in addition to $3.5 billion in business sales and nearly $500 million in federal, state and local tax revenues.
Branding and Marketing Smart Growth Communities
This document by Jackie Benson discusses, “how to market the safety, convenience, and other benefits of smart growth communities.”
The Market Acceptance of Single-Family Housing Units in Smart Growth Communities
This study by Mark J. Eppli and Charles C. Tu, “finds that people are willing to pay more money for a home in a smart growth project than a similar house in a typical suburban development.”
The Market for Smart Growth
This document by Gregg Logan, Stephanie Siejka and Shyam Kannan presents a, “review of studies of consumer demand for smart growth that finds that about one-third of homebuyers would prefer a smart growth neighborhood.”
Residential Construction Trends in America’s Metropolitan Regions
The EPA examined residential building permits in the 50 largest metropolitan regions to determine if there has been a shift toward redevelopment and in which regions the shift has been most significant. The trends indicate that the distribution of residential construction has significantly changed over time in many regions. In more than half of the largest metropolitan areas, urban core communities have dramatically increased their share of new residential building permits. However, in many regions, a large share of new residential construction still takes place on previously undeveloped land on the urban fringe.