American Public Transportation Association CO2 Brochure full of info

If you use a car, you are actually spending more to hurt the environment. To read more: click here: http://www.apta.com/resources/reportsandpublications/Documents/greenhouse_brochure.pdf

Affordability As A Transportation Planning Objective | Planetizen

Affordability As A Transportation Planning Objective | Planetizen: "The 2009 National Household Travel Survey asked respondents to rate the importance of six transport problems: traffic safety, congestion, price of travel, availability of public transit, and lack of walkways or sidewalks. Virtually every demographic group rated affordability (“price of travel”) most important, as indicated in the graphs below."

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Starving the cities to feed the suburbs | Grist

Starving the cities to feed the suburbs | Grist: "These public dollars, the report argues, collectively create an incentive for suburban sprawl and redistribute income from the poor to the rich.

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Housing and Transportation Affordability

Housing and Transportation Affordability Index

Economic value of walkability

Consumer Cost Savings 
Walkability affects consumer transport costs. Improved walkability allows consumers to save on vehicle expenses (“Affordability,” VTPI 2008). For example, one study found that households in automobile-dependent communities devote 50% more to transportation (more than $8,500 annually) than households in communities with more accessible land use and more multi-modal transportation systems (less than $5,500
annually) (McCann 2000).

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2003 - National Business Coalition for Rapid Transit

The tremendous growth in traffic congestion means extra costs for business – higher wages and benefits to recruit workers, shorter workdays, increased absenteeism, and greater employee turnover and transportation assistance. Business is recognizing that travel mobility is a key quality of life issue for its labor force. Transit provides another economic boost to business by removing autos from the highway system, thereby maintaining roadway capacity for the shipment of goods and material. link to pdf