My Current  Projects
Robert Cervero

Research

Built Environments, Obesity, and Fitness in Bogota, Colombia. Measurement of built-environment attributes and their influence of physical fitness and obesity levels as well as travel choices.  Funding: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, FEZ Fundacion.  Expected Completion: 2007.  

Freeway Deconstruction: Impacts on Land Development and Road Safety. Analysis of impacts of freeway removal on neighborhoods and development patterns. Funding: UCTC, Expected Completion: Fall, 2007.

Accessibility, Mobility, and Sustainability in China:  Co-Investigator on project examining balanced accessibility and mobility planning to promote sustainable development, focusing on Chinese cities. One of five research themes being carried out under the UC Berkeley Center for the Future of Urban Transportation. Funding: Volvo Foundation, Sweden; Expected Completion: 2008.   

Consulting/Professional Practice

Ensuring Full Potential Ridership from Transit-Oriented Development: Developing parking and trip generation analyses for TODs. Transit Cooperative Research Program, H-27A. Subconsultant to: Parsons-Brinckerhoff-Quade-Douglas, Co-Investigator, 2005-present.

Land Use Forecasting for Indirect Impact Analysis: National Cooperative Research Project 25. Developing methods for modeling induced development. Subconsultant to: Parsons-Brinckerhoff-Quade-Douglas, 2005-present.

Retrofit of Tysons Corner Edge City: Advising and modeling impacts of promoting transit- and pedestrian-oriented development in Tysons Corner, Fairfax County, Virginia. Subconsultant to: PB Placemaking, 2006-present.