Robert Cervero

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Phone: 510-642-1695
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Education

Ph.D., Urban Planning and Management Program, Graduate School of Architecture and 
Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977-80.
 
Master of Science in Civil Engineering (M.S.) and Master of City Planning (M.C.P.),
Departments Civil Engineering and City Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, 1973-1975.
 
A.B., Geography and Economics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1969-73.
 

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Employment

1980-present: Professor (1992 -- present); Chair (2005-2008); Associate Professor (1986-1992); 
Assistant Professor (1980-1986): Department of City and Regional Planning; 
Associate Dean, College of Environmental Design (1992-95), University of California,
Berkeley. Faculty Affiliate: Energy and Resources Group (ERG); Institute of Transportation
Studies. Teaching: Transportation Planning, Quantitative Methods, Land Use Planning, 
Spatial Modeling, and Research Design. 

1990-1991: Resident Advisor and Project Associate, Harvard Institute for International
Development, Urban Development Policy and Finance Project, Jakarta, Indonesia.
 
1978-1979: Senior Transportation Planner, Southern California Association of
Governments, Los Angeles.
 
1975-1977: Director of Transportation, Billings-Yellowstone City-County Planning 
Department, Billings, Montana.
 
1974-1975: Transportation Engineer, Parsons-Brinckerhoff-Tudor-Bechtel, Inc., Atlanta, 
Georgia.
 
1973: Planner, Southeast Virginia Planning District Commission, Norfolk, Virginia.
 
1971-1972: Aeronautical Engineering Assistant, Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia.
 
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Consulting and Advising (1986-Current)

National Cheng-Kung University, Department of Urban Planning; subconsultant on Kaohsiung Transit Oriented Development Study, Tainan, Taiwan, 2008.

MTRC, Hong Kong; prime consultant on evaluating "Rail + Property" Program, Hong Kong, 2005-2008.

Fehr & Peers and ICF Conculstant, "Mixed-Use Development and Vehicle Trips: Improved Estimation Methodology", subconsultant, 2007-present.

Transit Oriented Design in China -- Shenzen Urban Transport Planning Center, Institute of Urban Planning and Design Institute (Shenzhen University), and Tianjing Urban Planning and Design Institute; Shenzhen and Tianjin, China, 2007-present.

PB Place-making. "Tysons Corner: Planning and Urban Design", Tysons Corner Task Force, Virginia, 2006-present. 

Faegre and Benson Law Firm, advisor on property appraisal for Minneapolis ballpark condemnation case, Minneapolis , Minnesota , 2007.

HNTB. “MTIA: Metrolink South and North, St. Louis; Madison, WI LRT project; 2006-2007.

World Bank Institute and Quezon City, Quezon City CBD Renewal, 2007.

Transit Cooperative Research Program, H-27A, “Ensuring Full Potential Ridership from Transit-Oriented Development”, subconsultant to PB Placemaking, Co-Investigator, 2005-present.

National Cooperative Research Project 25, “Land Use Forecasting for Indirect Impact Analysis”, subconsultant to Parsons-Brinckerhoff-Quade-Douglas, 2005-2007.

Cambridge Systematics, Transportation and Land Use Course development, National Highway Institute,” subconsultant, 2005- 2006.  Preparing materials on transportation and land use interactions for national training course.

World Bank Institute, Local Capacity Building in Indonesia, consultant, 2005-2007.

FIA Foundation and Westminster University, “Contributions of Transport Projects to Welfare-to-Work: An International Study”, London, England, Co-Investigator, 2004-2005.

Team Leader, Mission on Urban Planning Futures for Wuhan, China; China Development Bank and World Bank; prepared and presented summary findings; Wuhan, China, October 2004.

Beijing Comprehensive Master Plan; technical assistance and training on transportation and land-use integration for Beijing long-range plan; Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and National Center for Smart Growth, University of Maryland; Beijing, China June 2004-present.

St. Louis MetroLink South Extension, subconsultant on economic and ridership benefits of light rail extension, HNTB, March 2003-present; prepared two reports on direct ridership models for the MetroSouth extension.

Bay Area Rapid Transit District, subconsultant on ridership impacts of transit oriented development,  January 2003-January 2004.

Utahans for Better Transportation, advisor on Legacy Parkway project, 2003-2004.

Fehrs and Peers Associates, Lafayette, California; direct ridership forecasting for proposed BART extension; 2003.

Bogotá-Cundinamarca Regional Planning Initiative, United Nations Centre for Regional Development, Bogotá, Colombia; July 2002-November 2005.  Prepared papers on:   "Recommendations on the Regional Planning and Development Project for Bogotá-Cundinamarca Based on Workshop Three" (2002); "Core Principles for Articulating a Transportation Vision for the Bogotá-Cundinamarca Region"(2003); "Institutional Arrangements for the Development of Regional Transport Systems: Models from the U.S., Canada, and Europe" (2003); "Institutional Aspects for Capacity Building and Participatory Planning" (2005). See: http://www.regionbogotacundinamarca.org/mos/index.php

Utah Transit Authority, ridership forecasts of transit joint development; November 2002.

Society of Protection of Nature in Israel and Tel Aviv Environmental Research Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; advised on mass transit
and urban development at local, corridor, and regional scales in Tel Aviv-Jaffa; April 2002.

Shapell Industries, analysis of jobs-housing balance issues and contribution of housing production to narrowing imbalances in Tri-Valley of the San Francisco Bay Area, February-June 2002.

Riverside County, Bus Rapid Transit Program, Land-use thresholds for support BRT investments, Institute of Transportation Studies, February 2002-present.

National Association of Realtors and Urban Land Institute.   Analysis of land-value capitalization effects for commercial and residential properties related to proximity to light-rail, heavy-rail, bus-rapid transit, and commuter rail services in Santa Clara County, Los Angeles County, and Orange County, California.  October 2001-present.

Tellus Institute, Inc. Transit Cooperative Research Program, New Paradigms in Transit. Prepared materials and moderated sessions for Internet dialogue on New Paradigms in Transit.  January-March 2002.

State of California, California Futures Plan; advisor on land-use components of long-range state transportation plan; UCLA Public Policy Program, September 2001-January 2002.

State of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil; consutant and advisor on access, traffic, parking, and transit issues for master-planned 
Convention Center project, August 2001-March 2002. 

Montgomery County, Maryland, Planning Board; consultant and advisor on the development of a long-range Transportation
Policy Strategy, March 2000-September 2001. 

California Department of Transportation; subconsultant to Cambridge Systematics on designing data base and evaluation of transit-
oriented developments (TODs) in California, October 2000-June 2001.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Department of Transportation; consultant on land-use forecasting, station-area planning, and evaluation of
accessibility impacts of long-range transit plan, July 2000-June 2001. 

United Nations Commission on Human Settlements (Habitat); regulation of the informal transport sector,
comparative international study, July 1999-2001.

Community Design, Charette for Anchor Mills adaptive re-use project, Huntersville, NC, October 1999; with Duane-Plater-Zybeck Associates. 

City of Grand Rapids, Michigan; strategic transit and urban planning, May-October 1999.

City of Lake Forest, California, El Torro Corridor Project, design and planning consultant, October 1999.

City of Plano, Texas; land use and transportation planning strategies for the city, April 1999.

Independence Corridor Bus Rapid Transit Project, Charlotte, North Carolina; strategic planning and design, December 1998-2000.

Inquiry on the Scoresby Transport Corridor, Melbourne, Australia; expert witness and testimony, sponsored by the Public Transport User’s Association, December, 1998.

New town/transit village development, Dublin, Ireland, Mahoney-Pike Associates; assisted with conceptualizing new-town development plans for two large sites near rail stations; November, 1998.

Long-Range Transit Alternatives Analysis, Department of Transportation, City ofCharlotte, North Carolina; policy consulting, ridership evaluation of land-use scenarios, economic impact assessment; 1998-2000.

HNTB, Irvine, California. Parana BOT Concession Project. Economic and land development impact assessment of proposed road improvement scheme in the state of Parana, Brazil, 1998.

National Training and Research Program on Transportation, Land Use, and the Environment, National Transit Institute, New Jersey; consultant with LDR International; Team Manager
and Course Co-Instructor; 1997-2001.
 
Transit Cooperative Resarch Program, New Paradigms for Public Transportation; prepared  statements on new paradigms for land use, management, pricing, organization, and 
environment; with Eno Transportation Foundation, 1997.
 
South New Jersey Light Rail Transit Project, Booz-Allen Associates; Evaluation of induced ridership demand and economic impacts, subconsultant, 1996-1997. 
 
Transit Cooperative Research Program, Economic Impacts of Urban Transit Systems, with Cambridge Systematics, Inc. Co-Principal Investigator, 1996-1997.
 
Joint Development Planning for St. Clair Extension of St. Louis Light Rail System. Bi-State Development Commission, STV/Booker Engineering, 1995-1996.
 
Transportation Demand Management for Auckland, New Zealand, Travers Morgan. Reviewed U.S. experience with TDM and the implications for Auckland, 1995.

Colma BART station impact assessment. San Mateo County Transit Authority.  Expert witness and testimony on the property-value impacts of proposed station design, 1995.

Jobs-Housing Balance in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Security Management Corporation. Conducted analysis of transportation and environmental benefits of proposed residential develoment on jobs-housing balance in Baltimore County. Provided expert testimony at 
public hearing, 1995-1997.
 
Tren Urbano Impacts on Station Area Land Values, GMAC Tren Urbano Program, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1995. Evaluated impacts of planned light rail systems on property values.
 
Development of Jaya Tangerang New Town, Jakarta, Indonesia, with Calthorpe and Associates, for PT Jayaland, 1995. Developed transportation and land-use elements for planned new town.
 
Implementing Transit-Oriented Development Around Rail Stations Along Los Angeles' Metro Red Line, with Cordoba Corporation, for Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation 
Authority, 1995. Conducted impact analysis of proposed mixed-use development around the Little Tokyo/Arts Center Station.
 
Emeryville Station Car Project. "Feasibility Study for Implementing Station Cars in Emeryville, California", Implementation of San Francisco Station Car Demonstration Program, 1994-1998. 
 
Transit Cooperative Research Program, Urbitran Associates. Project on "Improving Transit Connections for Enhanced Suburban Mobility", 1994-1996. Conducting research on suburban mobility.
 
Transit Cooperative Research Program, Parsons-Brinckerhoff-Quade-Douglass, Inc. Project on "Transit and Urban Form", 1993-1996. Conducted theoretical and empirical work on transit-urban form relationships.
 
Taiwan Science Industrial Park Administration, 1992-1993. Advising on developing a Science City Master Plan for the Hsinchu region. Conducting financial and economic appraisal for infrastructure development for Science City.
 
City of Albuquerque, 1993-1994. Advised on long-range strategic transportation and land-use planning.
 
City of Palo Alto, 1993. Advised on redevelopment of CalTrain station in Palo Alto.

City of Houston, Texas, 1993. Evaluated the impacts of pedestrian designs on travel behavior.
 
Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID), Jakarta, Indonesia, 1989-1992. Worked on numerous projects related to urban and regional development and finance in 
Indonesia. Prepared policy reports on: central-local fiscal relations; regional development grant reform; private participation in infrastructure finance; betterment tax financing; organizational approaches to solid waste management; grant allocations 
and tariff structures in the water supply sector; urban land and building valuation; deregulation of state and regional enterprises; parking pricing for DKI Jakarta; criteria for evaluating loan applications for bus terminals and solid waste 
facilities; and training materials for economic appraisals of loan proposals for infrastructure investments.
 
State of Hawaii, 1990-92. Evaluated Alternatives Analysis and recommended busway options for the proposed Honolulu Rapid Transit System.
 
The Newhall Land and Farming Company, 1990. Assisted with transportation element for the Valencia Town Center.
 
Wilkes, Artis, Hedrick & Lane, Bethesda, Maryland, 1990. Prepared planning guidelines for the North Bethesda Conceptual Plan.
 
Government of Indonesia and World Bank, Syarikat Sailcos SDN BHD, Pekanbaru, Riau. 1987-1990. Transmigration program and rural economic development planning. Prepared 
reports on settlement planning, socio-economic impacts, and regional economic development.
 
Korean Research Institute for Human Settlements, Seoul, Korea. 1989. Infrastructure financing. Prepared report on alternative approaches for financing national highway improvements.
 
Arthur Andersen & Company, Sydney, Australia and Houston, Texas. 1989. Advanced transportation development for new science community and facilities planning for multinational petroleum company.
 
Rice Center for Urban Mobility Research, Houston, Texas. 1984-1988. Research projects on mass transit finance, joint development, and suburban mobility.
 
Transportation Systems Center, U.S. Department of Transportation, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1982-1986. Research on subsidy policies for urban mass transit.
 
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Legal Experience: Expert Witness, Depositions, Testimonies

Consultant/Expert Witness: Environmental justice suit against the Metropolitan Transportation Commission; Hanson Bridgett Marcus Vlahos Rudy, LLP; prepared expert report and rebuttal report on transportation finance, regional planning, and social equity; deposition; 2007-present.

Expert Witness: San Diego RV Resort v. Metropolitan Transit Development Board, San Diego, California.  Consultant to Best, Best, & Krieger LLP, on land-market impacts of light-rail services in San Diego; deposition; expert witness; 2001-2003.

Expert Witness: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority v. Bianchi, et al., San Jose, California. Consultant to Erickson, Beasey, Hewitt, Willson, LLP and SCVT; estimated land-value premium to high-density residential parcel near planned light rail station; gave deposition; 2001.

Expert Witness: Save Our Valley v. Sound Transit, Seattle, Washington. Expert to PrestonGates Ellis, LLP and Sound Transit; prepared report on benefits of at-grade alignment
in the Ranier Valley; gave deposition; 2000-2001.

Expert Witness: Muzzi v. SamTrans, Millbrae, California. Expert to Erickson, Beasey, Hewitt, Willson, LLP and BART; gave deposition; prepared report on accessibility benefits at the Millbrae BART station,  2000-2002.

Expert Witness: Summerfield Suites v. SamTrans, San Bruno, California. Expert  to Hanson Bridgett Marcus Vlahos Rudy, LLP. Listed as expert witness; prepared report on benefits of proximity to rail transit 
for a hotel property, San Bruno BART station, 2000-2001.

Expert Witness: Tanforan Shopping Center v. SamTrans, San Bruno, California. Expert to Erickson, Beasey, Hewitt, Willson, LLP and BART; prepared report on accessibility benefits accruing to a large commercial-retail property from the San Bruno BART station; gave deposition; 2000-2001.

Expert Testimony: Government of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, Scoresby Freeway Judicial Inquiry, December, 1998.

Co-author to a Brief to the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1996; Bernadine Suitum v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, on Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Court, No. 96-243.

Expert Witness: Henderson vs. SamTrans, Expert witness to Hanson Bridgett Marcus Vlahos Rudy, LLP and BART; gave deposition; prepared a report on accessibility benefits for the Colma BART station; filed deposition. 1994-95. 

Expert: San Joaquin County General Plan. Provided expert testimony at legal hearing on the San Joaquin County General Plan, County Board of Supervisors, 1982.

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Visiting Professorships and Research Appointments

Tongji University, Department of Urban Planning, Shanghai, China; Xi'an Univeristy of Architecture and Technology, Institute of Urban Planning, Xi'an, China; February 2004.

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Instituto Alberto Luiz Combra de Pós-graduação e Pesququisa de Engenharia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July-August 2000.

University of Melbourne, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, Melbourne, Australia, April-May 1996.
 
Korean Research Institute for Human Settlements, Seoul, Korea, August 1989.
 
Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia, December 1988-January 1989.
 
Institute of Transportation Sciences, Kaiserslautern University, Kaiserslautern, Federal Republic of Germany, November-December 1987.
 
Institute of Economics, Dortmund University, Federal Republic of Germany, October-November 1987.
 
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Books
 
  Developing Around Transit: Strategies and Solutions That Work. Washington, D.C.: Urban Land Institute, 2004; with R. Dunphy, F. Dock, M. McAvey, D. Porter, and C. Swenson, 2004. 
   The Transit Metropolis. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1998; translated into Chinese, China Architecture and Building Press, 2007.
   Paratransit in America: Redefining Mass Transportation. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger, 1997. 
   Transit Villages in the 21st Century. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997; with M. Bernick. 
   America's Suburban Centers: The Land Use-Transportation Link. Boston: Unwin-Hyman, 1989. 
   Suburban Gridlock. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, CUPR, 1986.														    
 
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Journal Articles (Refereed) and Book Chapters 

Rail + Property Development in Hong Kong: Experiences and Extensions, Urban Studies, 2008 (forthcoming); with J. Murakami  (forthcoming)

Influences of Built Environments on Walking and Cycling: Lessons from Bogotá, International Journal of Sustainable Transport, 2008 (forthcoming); with O. Sarmiento, E. Jacoby, L. Gomez, and A. Neiman. 

Vehicle Trip Reduction Impacts of Transit-Oriented Housing, Journal of Public Transportation, 2008 (forthcoming); with G. Arrington. 

Transit-Oriented Development in America: Strategies, Issues, Policy Directions. New Urbanism and Beyond: Designing Cities for the Future. New York: Rizzoli, T. Haas, ed., 2008, pp. 124-129.

Informal Transport: A Global Perspective, Transport Policy Vol. 14, 2007, pp. 445-457; with A. Golub.

City CarShare: Longer-Term Travel-Demand and Car Ownership Impacts. Transportation Research Record 1992, 2007, pp. 70-80; with A. Golub and B. Nee.

Transit Oriented Development's Ridership Bonus: A Product of Self Selection and Public Policies, Environment and Planning A, Vol. 39, 2007, pp. 2068-2085, note: Erratum page being prepared for Table 3 of this article (forthcoming in 2008).

Use Characteristics and Mode Choice Behavior of Electric Bike Users in China , Transport Policy, Vol. 14, 2007, pp. 247-257; with C. Cherry.

Drawing Lessons and Debunking Myths, The Urban Design Reader, M. Larice and E. Macdonald, eds. London : Routledge, 2007, pp. 425-434; adapted from chapter in The Transit Metropolis, 1998.

Transit-Oriented Development in the U.S. : Contemporary Practices, Impacts and Policy Directions. Incentives, Regulations and Plans: The Role of States and Nation-states in Smart-Growth Planning., G. Knaap, et al., eds. Cheltenham , U.K.: Edward Elgar, Chapter 7, 2006, pp. 149-167.

Office Development, Rail Transit, and Commuting Choices, Journal of Public Transportation, Vol. 9, No. 5, 2006, pp. 41-55. 

Which Reduces Travel More: Jobs-Housing Balance or Housing-Retail Mixing?  Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol. 72, No. 4, 2006, pp. 475-490; with M. Duncan. 

A Re-Evaluation of Travel Behavior in California TODs. Journal of Architecture and Planning Research; Vol. 23, No. 3, 2006, pp. 247-263; with H. Lund and R. Willson.

Alternative Approaches to Modeling the Travel-Demand Impacts of Smart Growth. Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol. 72, No. 3, 2006, pp. 285-295. 

An Ecological Approach to Creating Active Living Communities, Annual Review of Public Health, Vol. 27, 2006, pp. 297-322; with J. Sallis, W. Ascher, K. Henderson, K. Kraft, J. Kerr.

Progress in Coping with Complex Urban Transport Problems in the United States, Urban Transport Development: A Complex Issue, G. Jönson and E. Tengström, eds., Chpt. 9, 2005, pp. 118-143. 

Balanced Transport and Sustainable Urbanism: Enhancing Mobility and Accessibility Through Institutional, Demand Management, and Land-Use Initiatives, Urban Planning Overseas, Vol. 20, No. 3, 2005, pp. 15-27.

Urbanisme Traditionnel, Nouvelles Technologies et Choix de Mobilités (Traditional Urbanism, New Technologies and Mobility Choices), Les Sens du Mouvement, S. Allemand, G. Ascher, and J. Lévy, eds. Paris: Belin Press, 2004, Chapter 22, pp 228-238.

City CarShare in San Francisco, California: Second-Year Travel Demand and Car Ownership Impacts, Transportation Research Record 1887, 2004, pp.  117-127; with Y. Tsai.

Job Isolation in the U.S.: Narrowing the Gap Through Job Access and Reverse-Commute Programs, Running on Empty: Transport, Social Exclusion and Environmental Justice, K. Lucas, ed., Bristol, U.K., The Policy Press, 2004, Chapter 10, pp. 181-196.

Effects of Light and Commuter Rail Transit on Land Prices: Experiences in San Diego County, Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Vol. 43, No. 1, 2004, pp. 121-138.

Neighbourhood Composition and Residential Land Prices: Does Exclusion Raise or Lower Values? Urban Studies, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2004, pp. 299-315; with M. Duncan.

États-Unis: l’innovation au service de l reinsertion en California, in Transports, Pauvretés, Exclusions, J. Orfeuil, ed., Paris, editions de l’aube, 2004; pp. 163-177.

Growing Smart: Integrating Infrastructure and Regional Development in the United States, Journal of Infrastructure Planning and Management, No. 758, 2004, pp. 85-96; with M. Taniguchi.

The Built Environment and Travel: Evidence from the United States, European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2003, pp. 119-136.

Walking, Bicycling, and Urban Landscapes: Evidence from the San Francisco Bay Area, American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 93, No. 9, 2003, pp. 1478-1483; with M. Duncan.

Growing Smart by Linking Transportation and Land Use: Perspectives from California, Built Environment, Vol. 29, No. 1, 2003, pp. 66-78.

City CarShare: First-Year Travel Demand Impacts, Transportation Research Record 1839, 2003, pp. 159-166.

Job Access and Reverse Commute Initiatives in California: A Review and Assessment, Transportation Research Record 1859, 2003, pp. 79-86 with Y. Tsai.

Road Expansion, Urban Growth, and Induced Travel: A Path Analysis, Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol. 69, No. 2, 2003, pp. 145-163; also: Dialogues in Urban & Regional Planning, B. Stiftel et al., eds. London: Routledge, 2007, pp. 296-329.

Transit-centered Urban Villages, Time-Saver Standards, New York, McGraw-Hill, D. Watson, et al., eds., 2003, pp. 5.8-1 to 5.8.10; with M. Bernick.

Transit's Value-Added Effects: Light and Commuter Rail Services and Commercial Land Values. Transportation Research Record, Vol. 1805, 2002, pp. 8-15; with M. Duncan.

Induced Travel Demand: Research Design, Empirical Evidence, and Policy Directions. Journal of Planning Literature, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2002, pp. 3-20.

Induced Travel Demand and Induced Road Investment: A Simultaneous-Equation Analysis, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Vol. 36, No. 3, 2002, pp. 469-490; with M. Hansen.

Transportation as a Stimulus to Welfare-to-Work: Private Versus Public Mobility, Journal of Planning Education and Research, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2002, pp. 50-63; with O. Sandoval and J. Landis.

California's Transportation Problems as Land-Use and Housing Problems: Towards a Sustainable Future, California's Future in the Balance: Transportation, Housing/Land Use, Public Higher Education, and Water Four Decades Beyond the Pat Brown Era, A. Modarres and J. Lubenow, eds., The Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Institute of Public Affairs, California State University, Los Angeles, pp. 16-49. See: http://www.igs.berkeley.edu/publications/par/winter2001/growth.htm.

Built Environments and Mode Choice: Toward a Normative Framework, Transportation Research D, Vol. 7, 2002, pp. 265-284.

Benefits of Proximity to Rail on Housing Markets, Journal of Public Transportation, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2002, pp. 1-18; with M. Duncan.

Travel and the Built Environment: A Synthesis. Transportation Research Record 1780, pp. 87-113, 2001; with R. Ewing.

Efficient Urbanization: Economic Performance and the Shape of the Metropolis, Urban Studies, 38, 10, pp. 1651-1671, 2001.

Walk-and-Ride: Factors Influencing Pedestrian Access to Transit, Journal of Public Transportation, Vol. 3, No. 4, 2001, pp. 1-23.

Transport and Land Use: Key Issues in Metropolitan Planning and Smart Growth, Australian Planner, Vol. 38, No. 1, 2001, pp. 29-37.

Transportation Planning, International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Oxford, England, Elsevier Press, Vol. 23, pp. 15873-15878, 2001.

Integration of Urban Transport and Urban Planning, The Challenge of Urban Government: Policies and Practices, M. Freir and R. Stren, eds. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank Institute, 2001, pp. 407-427.

Growing Smart by Linking Transportation and Urban Development, Virginia Environmental Law Journal, 19, 3: 357-374, 2000.

The Planned City: Sustainable Decentralization, in Cities in Perspective I, E. Wever, ed., Assen, The Netherlands, VanGorcum, 1999, pp. 115-128.

Reviving HOV Lanes, Transportation Quarterly, 53, 4: 67-81, 1999.

Tracking Accessibility: Employment and Housing Opportunities in the San Francisco Bay Area, Environment and Planning A, 35: 1259-1278, 1999; with T. Rood and B. Appleyard.

Rent Capitalization and Transportation Infrastructure Development in Jakarta, Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies, 11, 1: 11-23, 1999; with B. Susantono.

Subcentering and Commuting: Evidence from the San Francisco Bay Area, 1980-1990, Urban  Studies, 35, 7: 1059-1076, 1998; with K.L. Wu. 
 
Transit Villages: Assessing the Market Potential Through Visual Simulation, Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 15, 3: 181-196, 1998; with P. Bosselmann 
 
Electric Station Cars in the San Francisco Bay Area, Transportation Quarterly, 51, 2: 51-61, 1997.
 
Travel Demand and the 3 Ds: Density, Diversity, and Design, Transportation Research D, 2, 3: 199-219, 1997; with K. Kockelmann. 
 
Paradigm Shift: From Automobility to Accessibility Planning. Urban Futures 22: 9-20, 1997.

Twenty Years of BART: Land Use and Development Impacts. Transportation Research A, 31, 4: 309-333, 1997; with J. Landis. 
 
Polycentrism, Commuting, and Residential Location in the San Francisco Bay. Environment and Planning A 29: 865-886, 1997; with K. Wu. 
 
Travel Choices in Pedestrian Versus Automobile-Oriented Neighborhoods. Transport Policy 3, 3: 127-141, 1996; with C. Radisch. 
 
Jobs-Housing Balance Revisited: Trends and Impacts in the San Francisco Bay Area, Journal of the American Planning Association 62, 4: 492-511, 1996. 

Mixed Land Uses and Commuting: Evidence from the American Housing Survey, Transportation Research A, 30, 5: 361-377, 1996. 
 
California's Transit Village Movement. Journal of Public Transportation 1, 1: 103-130, 1996.
 
Transit-Based Housing in the San Francisco Bay Area: Market Profiles and Rent Premiums. Transportation Quarterly 50, 3: 33-49, 1996. 
 
Transit-Oriented Development in the United States: Effects of the Built Environment on Transit Ridership and Travel Behavior. Proceedings of the 7th World Conference on 
Transport Research. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier Science, pp. 57-69, 1996. 
 
Traditional Neighborhoods and Commuting in the San Francisco Bay Area, Transportation 23: 373-394, 1996. 
 
Planned Communities, Self-Containment, and Commuting: A Cross-National Perspective. Urban Studies 32, 7: 1135-1161, 1995. 
 
Sustainable New Towns: Stockholm's Rail-Served Satellites.Cities 12, 1: 41-51,1995. Organizational Options for Providing Urban Waste Management Services: The Case of 
Indonesia. Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies 7, 1: 3-23, 1995. 
 
Commuting in Transit Versus Automobile Neighborhoods. Journal of the American Planning Association 61, 2: 210-225, 1995; with R. Gorham.
 
Development Impacts of Urban Transport: A U.S. Perspective. Transport and Urban Development, D. Banister, ed., London, Chapman-Hall, pp. 136-156, 1995; with J. 
Landis. 
 
Changing Live-Work Spatial Relationships: Implications for Metropolitan Structure and Mobility. Cities in Competition: The Emergence of Productive and Sustainable Cities 
for the 21st Century, J. Brotchie, et al., eds. Sydney: Longam Cheshire, pp. 330-347, 1995. 
 
Using Census Data for Transit, Multimodal, and Small Area Analyses. Decennial Census Data for Transportation Planning. Washington, D.C.: Transportation Research 
Board, National Academy Press, pp. 83-94, 1995. 
 
Making Transit Work in the Suburbs. Transportation Research Record 1451, pp. 3-11, 1994. 

Transit-Based Housing in California: Evidence on Ridership Impacts. Transport Policy 1, 3: 174-183, 1994. 
 
Rail-Oriented Office Development in California: How Successful? Transportation Quarterly, Vol. 48, No. 1: 33-44, 1994.
 
Rail Transit and Joint Development. Journal of the American Planning Association 60, 1: 83-94, 1994.

Assessing the Impacts of Urban Rail Transit on Local Real Estate Markets Using Quasi-Experimental Comparisons. Transportation Research 27A, 1: 13-22, 1993; with J. 
Landis.
 
Land Market Impacts of Urban Rail Transit and Joint Development: An Empirical Study of Rail Transit Systems in Washington, D.C. and Atlanta. Land Use, Development and 
Globalization: Selected Proceedings of the Sixth World Conference on Transport Research, Lyon, France: World Congress on Transport Research, Volume I, pp. 243-254.

Transportation Alternatives in a Congestion-Pricing Environment. Proceedings of the Congestion Pricing Conference. Washington, D.C.: June, 1992, Policy Discussion Series, 
pp. 8-1 - 8-19.

Transportation and Spatial Development. Spatial Development in Indonesia: Review and Prospects, J. Kim, G. Knaap, and I. Azis, eds. Hants, England: Avebury, pp. 219-57, 
1992. 

Suburbanization of Jobs and the Journey to Work: A Submarket Analysis of Commuting in the San Francisco Bay Area. Journal of Advanced Transportation 26, 3: 275-97, 1992; 
with J. Landis.

Regional Distribution of Development Grants in Indonesia's Water Supply Sector. Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies 4, 1: 3-16, 1992. 

Futuristic Transit and Futuristic Cities. Transportation Quarterly 46, 2: 193-204, 1992. 

Transit Joint Development in the U.S.: An Inventory and Policy Assessment. Environment and Planning C 9: 431-452, 1991; with J. Landis and P. Hall.

Suburban Traffic Congestion: Is There a Way Out?, Built Environment 17, 3/4: 205-17, 
1991. 

Jobs-Housing Balance as Public Policy, Urban Land 50, 10: 10-14, 1991. 

Land Uses and Travel at Suburban Activity Centers, Transportation Quarterly 45, 4: 479-91, 1991.

Paratransit in Southeast Asia: A Market Response to Poor Roads?, Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies 3, 1: 3-27, 1991.

Congestion Relief: The Land Use Alternative, Journal of Planning Education and Research 10, 2: 119-129, 1991. 

Transit Pricing Research: A Review and Synthesis, Transportation 17, 2: 117-140, 1990. 

Accessibility and Third World Rural Development: A Case Study of Sumatra, Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies 2, 2: 125-138, 1990.

Profiling Profitable Bus Routes, Transportation Quarterly 44, 2: 183-201, 1990. 

Containing Traffic Congestion in America, Built Environment 15, 3/4: 176-184, 1989; with P. Hall. 

Jobs-Housing Balancing and Regional Mobility, Journal of the American Planning Association 55, 2: 136- 150, 1989.

Suburban Employment Centers: Probing the Influence of Site Features on the Journey-to-Work, Journal of Planning Education and Research 8, 2: 75-85, 1989. 
 
Mobility Challenges Posed by Population and Employment Decentralization, Genie Urbain 349 (August-September): 45-49, 1988. 
 
Nouvel Espace Urbain: Un defi a la mobilite. Politique Industrielle 16: 95-113, 1989.
 
Land-Use Mixing and Suburban Mobility, Transportation Quarterly 42, 3: 429-446, 1988; also in Current Municipal Problems 15, 3: 307-325, 1989.
 
Congestion, Growth, and Public Choices, Berkeley Planning Journal 3, 2: 55-75, 1988. 
 
Revitalizing Urban Transit. Private Innovations in Public Transit, J. Weicher, ed. Washington: American Enterprise Institute, 1988, pp. 71-81.
 
Factors Influencing Commuting Choices in Suburban Labor Markets: A Case Analysis of Pleasanton, California. Transportation Research A, 22, 3: 151-161, 1988; with B. 
Griesenbeck.
 
Paying for Off-Site Road Improvements through Fees, Assessments, and Negotiations: Lessons from California, Public Administration Review 48, 1: 534-541, 1988.
 
Forecasting on the PC: A Planner's Guide to Time Series Packages, Journal of the American Planning Association, 53, 4: 510-520, 1987.
 
Money For Mobility: Lessons from California on Off-Site Road Financing, Urban Land 46, 8: 2-6, 1987; with John Greitzer.
 
Unlocking Suburban Gridlock, Journal of the American Planning Association 52, 4: 389-406, 1986.
 
Safeguarding Suburban Mobility, Transportation Research Record 1079: 20-27, 1986.

Intrametropolitan Trends in Sunbelt and Western Cities: Transportation Implications, Transportation Research Record 1067: 20-27, 1986.

Urban Transit in Canada: Integration and Innovation at its Best, Transportation Quarterly 40, 3: 293-316, 1986; also in Current Municipal Problems 14, 3: 305-322, 
1986.

Time-of-Day Transit Pricing: Comparative U.S. and International Experiences, Transport Reviews 6, 4: 347- 364, 1986.

A Tale of Two Cities: Light Rail Transit in Canada, Journal of Transportation Engineering 111, 6: 633-650, 1985.

Short-Run Forecasting of Highway Gasoline Consumption in the United States, Transportation Research A, 19, 4: 305-313, 1985.

Experiences with Time-of-Day Transit Pricing in the United States, Transportation Research Record 1039: 21-30, 1985.

A Normative Framework for Transit Fare Policy-Making, Journal of Advanced Transportation 19, 2: 115- 131, 1985.
 
Managing the Traffic Impacts of Suburban Office Growth, Transportation Quarterly 38, 4: 533-550, 1984; also in Current Municipal Problems 12, 1: 72-90, 1985.

Deregulating Urban Transportation, The Cato Journal 5, 1: 219-238, 1985.

Examining Recent Transit Fare Innovations in the United States, Transport Policy and Decision-Making 3, 1: 23-41, 1985.

Revitalizing Urban Transit: More Money or Less Regulation? Regulation 8, 3: 36-42, 1984.

Examining the Performance Impacts of Transit Operating Subsidies, Journal of Transportation Engineering 110, 5: 467-480, 1984.

The Anatomy of Transit Operating Deficits, Urban Law and Policy 6, 4/5: 477-497, 1984.

Effects of Operating Subsidies and Dedicated Funding on Transit Costs and Performance, Journal of Urban Analysis and Public Management 8, 1: 37-53, 1984.

Exploring the Land Use Potential of Light Rail Transit in North America, Transportation Research Record 992: 1-8, 1984.

Cost and Performance Impacts of Transit Operating Subsidy Programs, Transportation Research 18A, 5/6: 407-413, 1984.

Light Rail Transit and Urban Development, Journal of the American Planning Association 50, 2: 133-147, 1984.

Recounting Federal Policy on Transit Operating Assistance, Journal of Urban Affairs 6, 3: 37-52, 1984.

Views on Transit Tax Financing in the U.S., Transportation 12: 21-43, 1983.

Cost and Performance Effects of Transit Operating Subsidies in the United States, International Journal of Transport Economics 10, 3: 535-562, 1983.
 
Possible Effects of Eliminating Federal Transit Operating Subsidies, Transportation Research Record 936: 25-31, 1983; with G. Black.

Perceptions of Who Benefits from Public Transit, Transportation Research Record 936: 15-19, 1983.

Abandonment of the Rural Poor, Ekistics 303: 449-452, 1983.

Tax Equity and the Finance of Transit, Transportation Quarterly 37, 3: 379-394, 1983.

Intergovernmental Goals for Public Transit, Journal of Advanced Transportation 17, 1: 29-47, 1983; with J. Brunk.

Peak Load Transit Pricing: Theory and Practice, Journal of Advanced Transportation 16, 3: 209-230, 1982.

Multistage Approach for Estimating Transit Costs, Transportation Research Record 877: 67-75, 1982.

Examining Likely Consequences of a New Transit Fare Policy, Transportation Research Record 877: 79-84, 1982.

Transit Cross-Subsidies, Transportation Quarterly 36, 3: 377-389, 1982.

The Transit Pricing Evaluation Model: A Tool for Exploring Fare Policy Options, Transportation Research A, 16, 4: 313-323, 1982.

An Answer to the Transit Crisis: The Case for Distance-Based Transit Fares, Journal of Contemporary Studies 5, 2: 59-70, 1982; with M. Wachs.

Graduated Fares Can Save Our Transit Systems, Planning 48, 1: 22-23, 1982.

Flat versus Differentiated Transit Pricing: What's a Fair Fare? Transportation 10, 3: 211-232, 1981; also in: Transport Policy, K. Button and R. Stough, eds: Chelenham, UK: Elger, pp. 569-590, 1996.

Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Current Transit Fare Policies, Transportation Research Record 799: 7-15, 1981.

Efficiency and Equity Implications of Transit Fare Policies: Abstract, Journal of Planning Education and Research 1, 1: 48, 1981.


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Research Reports and Monographs

Residential Relocation and Commuting Behavior in Shanghai, China: The Case for Transit Oriented Development. Berkeley: Institute of Transportation Studies,  UC Berkeley Center for Future Urban Transport, 
Paper VWP 2008-4, 2008; with J. Day. http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=its/future_urban_transport

Rail + Property Development: A Model of Sustainable Transit Finance and Urbanism. Hong Kong: MTR Corporation, 2008; also, UC Berkeley Center for Future Urban Transport, Paper VWP-2008-5. 
http://repositories.cdlib.org/its/future_urban_transport/vwp-2008-5/

Rail and Property Development in Hong Kong, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Working Paper, 2008; with J. Murakami.  See:  http://www.lincolninst.edu/pubs/PubDetail.aspx?pubid=1388

From Elevated Freeways to Surface Boulevards: Neighborhood, Traffic, and Housing Price Impacts in San Francisco. UCTC Working Paper, 2007. 
http://www.uctc.net/papers/836.pdf

Does TOD Housing 'De-Generate' Trips? A Comparison of Empirical Evidence on Vehicle Trip Generation Rates for TOD Housing with ITE Rates; with PB Placemaking, 2007. 

Forecasting Indirect Land Use Effects of Transportation Projects. National Cooperative Highway Research Program, NCHRP Project 25, 2007; with U. Avin and T. Moore. 

The Effect of Housing Near Transit Stations on Vehicle Trip Rates and Transit Trip Generation. Prepared for California Department of Housing and Community Development and California Department of Transportation, IURD, 2007; with R. Lee.
 
Making Do: How Working Families in Seven U.S.Metropolitan Areas Trade Off Housing Costs and Commuting Times. Center for Housing Policy and the National Housing Conference; ITS Research Report 2006-06, 2006; 
with K. Chapple, J. Landis, and M. Wachs.  http://repositories.cdlib.org/its/reports/UCB-ITS-RR-2006-4/

San Francisco City CarShare: Longer-Term Travel-Demand and Car Ownership Impacts.  IURD Working Paper 2006-07, 2006; with A. Golub and B. Nee. http://www-iurd.ced.berkeley.edu/pub/WP-2006-07.pdf

Transportation in Developing Countries: Conference Proceedings, IURD Working Paper 98-07, 1998; co-editor (with J. Mason); conference co-organizer; author of "Introduction and Opening Remarks" and Concluding Remarks
"Where We Go From Here".

Rent Capitalization and Transportation Infrastructure Development in Jakarta, Indonesia. IURD Working Paper 695, 1997; with B. Susantono.
 
Job Accessibility as a Performance Indicator: An Analysis of Trends and their Social Policy Implications in the San Francisco Bay Area. IURD Working Paper 692, 1997.
 
Transit-Induced Accessibility and Agglomeration Benefits: A Land Market Evaluation. IURD Working Paper 691, 1997.
 
Improving Transit Connections for Enhanced Suburban Mobility. TCRP B-6, 1997; with Urbitrans Associates.
 
Transit and Urban Form, Volumes I and II. TCRP Report 16, Transit Cooperative Research Program, Washington, D.C., 1996; with Sam Seskin, Jeff Zupan, and Jane Howard.
 
High-Speed Rail and Development of California's Central Valley: Comparative Lessons and Public Policy Considerations. IURD Working Paper 675, 1996; with M. Bernick.
 
Implementing Transit-Based Development on Rail Transit Lines throughout the United States. Washington, D.C.: Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1996; with M. Bernick.
 
The Emeryville Station Car Program: Program Development, Early Impacts, and Future Prospects. IURD Working Paper 671, 1996; with M. Bernick.
 
Commercial Paratransit in the United States. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1996.
 
Future Ride: Adapting New Technologies to Paratransit in the United States. IURD Working Paper 655, 1996.
 
Creating a Linear City with a Surface Metro: The Story of Curitiba, Brazil. IURD Working Paper 642, 1995.
 
An Evaluation of the Relationship Between Transit and Urban Form, Research Results Digest, Transit Cooperative Research Program, Number 7, June 1995; with S. Seskin.
 
Designing, Planning, and Negotiating Waterfront Development: Perspectives from the U.S. and Their Implications for the Jakarta Waterfront Project. Report prepared for the Regional Planning and Development Board, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1995.

Colvista: Contributing to Jobs-Housing Balance in Hunt Valley-Timonium. Report prepared for Security Management Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland, 1995.
 
Land-Use and Development Impacts of BART. BART @ 20 Study, IURD, Monograph 49; with C. Castellanos, W. Sarosa, and K. Wu, 1995.
 
Rail Access Modes and Catchment Areas for the BART System. BART @ 20 Study, IURD, Monograph 50, 1995.
 
Impacts of Rail Transit Systems on Station-Area Development and Land Values in the United States and Latin America. Tren Urbano Project, San Juan, Puerto Rico; with M. Bernick, 1995.
 
Transit and Urban Form, Transit Research Digest, Vol. 6, Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Science; with Samuel Seskin, 1995.
 
Classification Schemes for Defining Suburban Environments, Task 2 report, TCRP B-6: Improving Transit Connections for Enhanced Suburban Mobility, for Urbitrans Corporation, 1995.
 
Implementing Transit-Oriented Development Around Rail Stations. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, with Cordoba Corporation, 1995.
 
Establishing an Emeryville Station Car Program. City of Emeryville, with M. Bernick, 1995.

Diablo Green. Oakland: Bay Area Rapid Transit District, study report; with Solomon and Associates, 1995.
 
Transit-Based Housing in California: Profiles. Berkeley: IURD Working Paper 638; with V. Menotti, 1995.
 
Paratransit in the San Francisco Bay Area: Providing Feeder Connections to Rail. Berkeley. IURD Working Paper 637; with T. Kirk, D. Mount, and C. Reed, 1995.
 
The All-Electric Commute: An Assessment of the Market Potential for Station Cars in the San Francisco Bay Area. Berkeley: IURD Working Paper 628; with A. Round, C. Reid, and B. Clark, 1995.
 
Transit-Based Residential Development in the United States: A Review of Recent Experience. Washington, D.C.: Federal Transit Administration, Report No. FTA-CA-26-7003-94-1, 1994; also, IURD Working Paper 611; with M. Bernick.
 
An Evaluation of the Market Potential for Transit-Oriented Development Using Visual Simulation Techniques. Berkeley: IURD Monograph 47; with P. Bosselmann, 1994.

Comparison of Rents at Transit-Based Housing Projects in Northern California. Berkeley: IURD Working Paper 624; with M. Bernick and V. Menotti, 1994.
 
Market-Profiles of Rail-Based Housing Projects in California. Berkeley: IURD, Working Paper 622; with V. Menotti, 1994.
 
Market Opportunities and Barriers to Transit-Based Development in California. Berkeley: IURD Working Paper 621, 1994; with M. Bernick and J. Gilbert.
 
Station Area Development on Major Airport Access Lines in the United States. Berkeley: NTRAC, prepared for The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 1994; with M. Bernick.
 
Transit-Supportive Development in the United States: Experiences and Prospects. Washington, D.C.: Federal Transit Administration, National Technical Information Service, 1993.
 
Ridership Impacts of Transit-Focused Development in California. Berkeley: Report to the California Department of Transportation, IURD Monograph, 1993.
 
An Assessment of Suburban-Targetted Transit Service Strategies in the United States. Berkeley: University of California Transportation Center, Research Report, 1993.
 
Transit Joint Development in the United States: A Review of Recent Experiences and an Assessment of Future Potential. Washington: Urban Mass Transportation Administration, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1992; Monograph 42, Institute of Urban and Regional Development; with P. Hall and J. Landis.
 
Suburbanization of Jobs and the Journey-to-Work: A Submarket Analysis of the San Francisco Bay Area. Berkeley: University of California Transportation Center, Research Report, 1990; with J. Landis.
 
A Comparison of Highway Finance Policies in Korea and Selected Development Countries, Seoul: Korean Research Institute for Human Settlements, Working Paper 89-1, 1989; also, modified version: Highway Finance and Economic Development in Korea, West 
Germany, Japan, and the United States, Working Paper 503, Institute of Urban and Regional Development, UC Berkeley.
 
Transit Service Contracting: Cream-Skimming or Deficit-Skimming? Washington: Urban Mass Transportation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1988. 
http://www.fta.dot.gov/library/planning/TCS/TCS.html

America's Suburban Centers: A Study of the Transportation-Land Use Link. Washington: Urban Mass Transportation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1988.
 
Technology and the American Economic Transition. Washington: Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1987, contributing author on Transportation.

Urban Change and Poverty. Washington: National Academy Press, 1988, contributing author.

Alternatives for Producing and Financing Transportation Services and Improvements in California. Berkeley: Center for Government Studies and Office of Policy Analysis, Governor's Office of California, 1987; also Working Paper 466, Institute of Urban and Regional Development, UC Berkeley, 1987.
 
Commuting Behavior in Suburban Labor Markets: A Case Analysis of Pleasanton, California. Berkeley: institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Research Report 87-3, 1987.
 
Jobs-Housing Imbalances as a Transportation Problem. Berkeley: Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Research Report 86-9, 1986.
 
Ripple Effects of Transit Service Contracting in the United States. Washington: Urban Mass Transportation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1986.
 
Evidence on Time-of-Day Transit Pricing in the United States. Washington: Urban Mass Transportation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, Vols. I and II, 1984.
 
Monitoring Financial and Operating Trends Among U.S. Transit Properties. Cambridge, Massachusetts: T transportation Systems Center, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1984.
 
A Comparison of Studies on the Impacts of the Proposed Federal Phase-Out of Transit Operating Assistance. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Transportation Systems Center, U.S. Department of Transportation, June, 1983.
 
Intergovernmental Responsibilities for Financing Public Transit Services. Washington: Urban Mass Transportation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1982.
 
Efficiency and Equity Implications of Alternative Transit Fare Policies. Washington: Urban Mass Transportation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1980; with M. Wachs, R. Berlin, and R. Gephart.
 
Efficiency and Equity Implications of Transit Fare Policies. Los Angeles: Urban Planning Program, University of California, doctoral dissertation, 1980.
 
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News Articles, Essays, Book Reviews, Interviews, Published Proceedings, Professional Reports

Transit-Oriented Corridors, sidebar in The Transportation/Land Use Connection, T. Moore, P. Thornes, B. Appleyard, Planning Advisory Service Report Number 546/547, pp. 136-137.

Views on Mobil 2042, ITS Magazine: The Magazine for Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2/2007, pp. 10-11.

Economic Growth in Urban Regions: Implications for Future Transportation.  The Future of Urban Transportation, Summary of the Eno Transportation Foundation Public Policy Forum, Washington, D.C., 2007, pp. 92-117.

Flexible Transit, the American City, and Mel Webber, Access, Winter, 2007, pp. 9-13.

Models for Change: Lessons for Creating Active Living Communities, Planning, February 2007, p. A-1.

Informal- and Para-Transit: A Global Perspective, Proceedings on International Conference on Urban Transport – Today and Tomorrow, Indian Institute of Technology, Agra India, March 2007.

Marty Wachs: The Scholar, Berkeley Planning Journal, 2006, pp. 193-195.

Freeway Deconstruction and Urban Regeneration in the United States, UCTC Working Paper 763; in Cheong Gye Cheon, Urban Revitalization and Future
Vision, proceedings of the International Symposium on the 1st Anniversary of Cheong Gye Cheon Restoration, Seoul Korea, 2006; http://www.uctc.net/papers/763.pdf

Public Transport and Sustainable Urbanism: Global Lessons, Technologies and Policies for Sustainable Development of Transport and Cities. 
Nagoya, Japan GraduateSchool of Environmental Studies, 2006.

"Financial Sustainability and Financial Schemes for Cleaner Urban Transport in Latin America".  World Bank, background paper commissioned for Plenary Session 
of the Biannual Conference on Clear Air for Latin America, Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 2006.

“Transit-Oriented Development in America” and “Transit-Oriented Development: International Experiences and Their Applicability to Asian Cities”, 
Proceedings: International Workshop on Unjeong Newtown Planning for Transit-Oriented Development, May 2006, Korea Ministry of Housing.

Progressive Transport and the Poor: Bogotá's Bold Steps Forward. Access, No. 27, 2005, pp. 24-30.

Book Review: Still Stuck in Traffic, Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 45, No. 3, 2005, pp: 629-631.

Transit Oriented Development in America: Strategies, Issues, Policy Directions.  Paper presented at International Conference on “Transit Oriented Development: 
Making It Happen”, Western Australian Planning Commission, Perth, Australia, Conference Proceedings, 2005, pp. 1-27.

Developing Around Transit:  Serving the Twin Goals of Affordable Housing and Sustainable Mobility. Paper presented at the National Housing Conference, 
New Housing Strong Communities, Royal Irish Architecture Institute, Cork, Ireland, Conference Proceedings, 2005.

The Transportation Guy: Robert Cervero’s Thoughts on Transportation and Land Use in the Bay Area, Planning, Vol. 71, No. 1, 2005, pp. 34-38.

An Interview with Robert Burke Cervero, Centrama, No. 1, Vol. 2, 2004, pp. 2-8.  

The Scandinavian Model: Strings of TODs, Urban Land, May, 2004, p. 76.

Green Connectors: Off-Shore Examples, Planning, May, 2003, pp. 25-29.

Are Induced-Travel Studies Inducing Bad Investments?, Access, No. 22, 2003, pp. 22-27.

Induced Demand: An Urban and Metropolitan Perspective; in Working Together to Address Induced Demand, Washington, D.C., Eno Transportation Foundation, 2002, pp. 55-73.

Rail's Added Value, Urban Land, 2002, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 77-84; with M. Duncan.

Book Review:  Travel by Design, Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol. 68, No. 1, 2002.

Sustainable Transport Technologies and Sustainable Urbanism, Proceedings: International Symposium and Exposition on  Automotive Electronics and Alternate Energy Vehicles, V. Sinha and B. Karmarkar, eds.: New Delhi, Allied Publishers Limited,
2001, pp. 3-14.

Informal Transit: Learning from the Developing World, Access, No. 18, 2001, pp. 15-22.

Urban Mobility: The Stakes, the Research Problems in France and Abroad, Paris, Institut Pour la Ville En Mouvement, excerpts of
paper, 2001.

Keynote Congress Papers: "Transport and Land Use: Key Issues in Metropolitan Planning and Smart Growth, Keynote Congress 
Papers, 28th National Congress of the Royal Australian Planning Institute, Sydney, Australia, October 2000.

Conference Proceedings: "Land Use and Transport: Growth Smart, or Breaking Out of the Box", Proceddings of the Annual Conference of the Resource Management Law Association, Auckland, New Zealand, October 2000.

Book Review of: Changing Suburbs – Foundation, Form and Function, Urban Studies, Vol.37, No. 9, 2000, pp. 1704-1706.

The Built Environment and Travel: Evidence from the United States, Land Use and Travel Behaviour, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November, June 20, 2000, pp. 1-16.

Shapeless, Spread Out, Skipped Over and Scattershot – Sprawl Sweeps the Globe; The American Superhighway and a Tale of Two Cities, The World Paper, March/April, 2000, pp. 5-6.

Middle Age Sprawl: BART and  Urban Development. Access, No. 14, 1999, pp. 2-15; with J. Landis.

Estimating Ridership and Economic Benefits of Coordinated Transit and Urban Development: A Heuristic Approach. Paper prepared for session: "Integrating Land Use and Transportation Planning: A Case Study of Charlotte-Mecklenburg 
County", American Planning Association National Conference, Seattle, 1999. See: http://www.asu.edu/caed/proceedings99/AVIN/PAPER2.HTM.

Where to Increase Density: Interaction of Housing and Transportation; Transit Village Seminar. The HousingCrisis -- Is Higher Density a Solution? Proceedings, Joint Conference by the Royal Institute of the Architects 
of Ireland and the Irish Planning Institute, Dublin, University College, 1998, pp. 26-27, 56-59.

Toward Accessibility Planning of Metropolitan Areas in the 21st Century, Mobilität in den Metropolen des 21. Jahrshunderts, Proceedings, International Symposium, Kaiserslautern, Germany, 1998, pp. 33-62.

Paratransit: The Gap Fillers, Habitat Debate 4, 2, 1998, pp. 8-9.

Openbaar Vervoer: Vormgever van Stedelijke Groei? Rooilijn, No. 1: 30-37, 1998; with J. Landis.  

Tracking Accessibility, Access, No. 11: 27-31, 1997.
 
Why the Transportation-Land Use Connection is Still Important, TR News, No. 187: 9-11, 1996.
 
Book Review of: A Development Approach to Urban Transport Planning: An Indonesian Illustration, Journal of the American Planning Association 62, 4: 539-40, 1996.
 
The Transit Metropolis: Myths vs. Realities. Proceedings: Seventh Annual Transportation Conference, University of Minnesota, Center for Transportation Studies, pp. 19-28, 1996. 
 
Paradigm Shift: From Automobility to Accessibility Planning, Sustainable Communities: Proceedings of the 15th EAROPH World Congress, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 65-87, 1996; also, IURD Working Paper 677.
 
The Transportation-Land Use Connection Still Matters. Access, No. 7: 2-10, 1995; with J. Landis. 
 
Why Go Anywhere? Scientific American, 273, 3: 118-20, 1995. 
 
Book Review of: New Visions for Metropolitan America, Journal of the American Planning Association 61, 2: 270-71, 1995. 
 
Book Review of: Going Private: The International Experience with Transport Privatization. Transportation Research, 29A, 4: 325-328, 1995. 
 
Book Review of: Transport for a Sustainable Future: The Case for Europe. Economic Geography 71, 3: 322-24, 1995. 
 
Transit-Based Development in the United States. Passenger Transport, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 7-8, 1994; with M. Bernick.
 
Transit Villages: From Idea to Implementation. Access, No. 5, Fall 1994, pp. 8-13. 
 
The Future of Getting People Around. The Edge City News, Vol. 1, No. 9, pp. 1-3, 1994.
 
Keynote Presentation: Toward a Sustainable Metropolis: Making the Land Use and Transportation Connection. Alternative Transportation: Planning, Design, Issues, 
Solutions: Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Pedestrian Conference. Boulder, Colorado: Go Boulder, 1994, pp. 1-10.
 
Book Review of: Urban Public Finance in Developing Countries. Journal of Regional Science 34, 1: 110- 113, 1994.
 
Book Review of: Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion and Fast Wheels, Slow Traffic: Urban Transport Choice. Journal of Regional Science 33, 2: 421-26, 1993.
 
Surviving in the Suburbs: Transit's Urgent Challenge. Metropolitan Conference on Public Transportation Research Proceedings. Chicago: MCPTR, keynote presentation, 1993.
 
Surviving in the Suburbs: Transit's Untapped Frontier. Access 1,2: 30-35, 1993; abbreviated version in PTI Journal 7, 5: 4-5,21, 1993.
 
Strategies for Regional Economic, Spatial, and Infrastructure Development for Hsinchu Science City, Hsinchu Science City Project, IURD Paper IURD, UC Berkeley, 1993.
 
Transportation Technologies of Tomorrow. PTI Journal (part I) 6, 4: 4,5,11; (part II) 5: 2,3,34, 1992.
 
The Challenge for Transport and How it Shapes the City. Perth Beyond 2000: A Challenge for the City. Proceedings of the City Challenge Conference, pp. 33-36, 1992.
 
Book Review of: Rail Mass Transit for Developing Countries. Transportation Science 25, 4: 318-20, 1991. 
 
Jobs-Housing Balance as Public Policy, Proceedings from Conference on Affordable Housing -- Creating More Livable Communities, San Diego Housing Commission, April, 1991.
 
Designing and Planning Cities for People Versus Cars: Transportation Options for the Future, The Road Less Traveled: Getting There By Other Means. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Pedestrian Conference, Boulder, Colorado, 1990, pp. 7-18.
 
Maintaining Regional Mobility Through Land Use Alternatives. PTI Journal, 4,4: 5-16, 1990.
 
Mobility Planning for Large Scale Suburban Activity Centers. Transportation Planning 17, 3: 12-15, 1990.
 
Mitigating Suburban Congestion: The Land Use Alternative, APA Transportation Planning Newsletter 17, 1: 12-15, 1990.
 
Book Review of: Cities and Transport, OECD. Land Use Policy 7, 1: 90-92, 1990. 

Mobility in the 1990's: The Land Use Option, Proceedings: Mississippi Valley Conference of State Highway and Transportation Departments, Michigan Department of Transportation, Detroit, 1989, pp. 14-28.
 
Land Use and Suburban Mobility, Joint Center Exchange. Houston: Joint Center for Urban Mobility Research, Rice Center, August 1988, pp. 2-3.
 
Mobility Challenges Posed by Population and Employment Decentralization, The 21st Century City. Nice, France: Federation of Municipal Engineers Congress, Conference Proceedings, 1988.
 
Transportation and Urban Development: Perspectives for the Nineties. Berkeley: Institute of Urban and Regional Development, UC Berkeley, Working Paper 470, 1987.

Decreasing Congestion: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach, Urban Resources 4, 1: 51-52, 1987; review of Urban Traffic Congestion: What Does the Future Hold?, Institute of Transportation Engineers.
 
Demographic and Lifestyle Tends Contributing to Worsening Congestion, Maintaining Mobility: California's Challenge. Los Angeles: California Transportation Public 
Affairs Forum, sponsored by the California Chamber of Commerce, Californians for Better Transportation, and Hitachi, Ltd., 1987, pp. 36-40.
 
Developing Effective Traffic Control Measures for Rapidly Growing Suburbs. PTI Journal, 1: 6-19, 1987.
 
Book Review of: Discrete Choice Analysis: Theory and Application to Travel Demand and Qualitative Choice Analysis: Theory, Econometrics, and an Application to Automobile Demand. Journal of the American Planning Association, 53, 1: 133-134, 1987.
 
Curbing Traffic Congestion in Fast-Growing Suburbs. ITS Review 9, 3: 4-8, 1986.
 
Application of Transportation Economics to the Evaluation of Urban Transit Services. Portland: Center for Urban Studies, Portland State University, 1986; with D. Lee and A. Rufolo.
 
Book Review of: Basic Methods of Policy Analysis and Planning. Journal of the American Planning Association 52, 2: 229-230, 1986.
 
Rail Transit and Canada. APA Transportation Planning Newsletter 13, 1: 3-5, 1985.
 
Teaching at a University: A Personal Statement, UCLA Architecture and Planning, p. 17, 1985. 
 
Abandonment of the Rural Poor, ITS Review 6, 4: 4-5, 1983.
 
Using Microcomputers in Planning Methods Courses, Mug Shots, 2, 1: 4-5, 1983.
 
Intergovernmental Responsibilities for Financing the Nation's Public Transit Services, Proceedings: Arizona Transportation Research Workshop, Arizona Department of Transportation 1: 62-83, 1982.
 
Intercity Bus Deregulation and Small Communities, Small Town & Rural Planning 3, 3: 6, 1983.
 
Ideas on Pricing Public Transit Services, paper presented at the Conference on Financing Public Transit in Los Angeles in the 1980s, UCLA Public Policy Program, 1982.
 
Criteria for Assessing Fare Structures, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Transit Association, Boston, 1982.
 
Finding a Fair Fare for Transit, ITS Review 5, 4: 4-5, 1981; with M. Wachs.

Transportation and Energy, The Energy Primer. Missoula, Montana: Institute of the Rockies, 1977.
 
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Major Research Grants (1990 - Present)

Parking and Transit Oriented Development.  University of California Transportation Center, 2008.

Development of an Adjustment Matrix and Spreadsheet Model for Evaluating Proposition 1C Proposed Transit-Oriented Developments (TODs) Related to Increased Transit Ridership and Decreased Automobile Trips, California Department of Housing and Community Development, 2007,

Transit Joint Development in Hong Kong and Asia, MTR Corporation and Lincoln Institute of Land Policy; 2004-present.

Accessibility and Mobility, Berkeley Center for Future of Urban Transport, Volvo Center of Excellence, UC Berkeley, co-investigator; 2003-present.

Freeway Deconstruction. University of California Transportation Center, 2005-2007.

Influence of built environment of physical activity and livability in Bogotá, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pan-American Health Organization, and  Fundacion FES Social, Bogotá, Colombia; subconsultant to CDC, 2004-present.

How Working Families Trade-Off Housing and Transportation Expenditures, Center for Housing Policy, Institute of Transportation Studies, Co-Investigator; 2005.

Long-Term Impacts of Car-sharing in the San Francisco Bay Area, FHWA Pricing Demonstration and City CarShare, principal investigator; 2004-2006.

Housing-Retail Balance and Travel Demand, University of California Transportation Center, 2004-2005; principal Investigator.

Transportation Technologies and Policies; Volvo Foundation; Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley; Volvo Center for Excellence; 2004-2009; co-investigator.

Transport and Social Exclusion: A G7 Comparison; research contract with Transport Studies Group, Westminster University and FIA Foundation, London, UK; 2004. 

Transit-Oriented Development and Joint Development in the United States, Transit Cooperative Research Program H-27, 2001-2003, Principal Investigator; with Parsons-Brinckerhoff; Urban Land Institute, Bay Area Economics.

Feasibility of Bus Rapid Transit in Riverside County, Riverside Transit Authority, 2002-2003; Co Principal Investigator.

Transit-Based Housing and Ridership, University of California Transportation Center, 2001-2002, Principal Investigator.

Impacts of Car-Sharing in San Francisco, City Car Share and the Federal Highway Administration, 2001,Principal Investigator; 2001-2004.

Benefits of Transit to Commercial Properties, Urban Land Institute, National Association of Realtors, and the University of California Transportation Center, 2001-2002, Principal-Investigator.

Reverse Commuting in California, California Department of Transportation, 2001-2002, Principal Investigator.

Induced Travel Demand and Regional Growth, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1999-2000, Principal Investigator.

Road Development and Urban Growth, University of California Transportation Center; 1999-2000, Principal Investigator.

Efficient Urbanization: The Economic Productivity Implications of Urban Form, City Size, and Regional Mobility, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1999-2000, Principal Investigator. 

Welfare-to-Work and Transit, University of California Transportation Systems Center; 1998-99, Co-Investigator.
 
Transit Village Legislation, California Policy Seminar, University of California; 1998, Principal Investigator.
 
Adaptive Transit: A Global Assessment, with a North American Emphasis, University of California Transportation Center Grant, 1997-98, Principal Investigator.
 
Accessibility and Polycentric Growth, University of California Transportation Center Grant, 1996-97, Principal Investigator. 
 
The Promise of California's High-Speed Rail in Creating New Transit Communities in the Central Valley. California High Speed Rail Commission, 1996, Principal Investigator.
 
Influence of Mixed Land Uses on Travel Behavior in Residential Neighborhoods, University of California Transportation Center Gran, 1995-96, Principal Investigator.
 
Station Car Feasibility Analysis, City of Emeryville, 1995-1996, Principal Investigator.
 
Smart Paratransit, Transportation Research Program, California Department of Transportation, 1994-95, Principal Investigator.
 
Commercial Paratransit in the United States: Markets, Performance, and Regulations,  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1994-1995, Principal Investigator.
 
Market Opportunities and Barriers to Paratransit in the United States, Environmental Protection Agency, 1994-95, Principal Investigator.
 
Implementing Transit-Based Housing, Federal Transit Administration, 1994-95, Principle Investigator. 
 
Changing Commute Patterns to Regional Employment Centers: 1980-90, UCTC Research Program, 1994-95, Principal Investigator. 
 
Land Use Impacts of Transit: An Update, Federal Transit Administration, Faculty Associate, 1994-96.
 
BART at 20: Evidence on Transit-Land Use Impacts, Federal Transit Administration, 1993-94:; 1994-95. Co-Investigator.
 
Market Assessment of Transit-Based Housing and Station Vehicle Systems, California Department of Transportation, Transit Research Program, 1993-94. Principal Investigator.
 
Ridership Impacts of Transit-Sensitive Site Designs and Land Use Patterns, Federal Transit Administration, 1992-93. Principal Investigator.
 
BART Impact Assessment: Research Design, Federal Transit Administration, 1992-9. Co-Investigator. 
 
Transit-Linked Development Development in California: An Assessment of Ridership Impacts and Market Opportunities, California Department of Transportation, 1992-93. Principal Investigator.
 
Assessment of Suburban-Targeted Transit Service Reforms in North America, U.C. Transportation Research Center, 1992-93; Principal Investigator.
 


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Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

2004 Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban and Regional Planning; California State University at Pomona; first prize awardee.

Article of the Year, 2003, Journal of the American Planning Association.

Urban Land Institute, Fellow, 1998-2004; two terms.

World Bank Institute, Fellow and Instructor, 1999-present.

LeFrak Lecturer, University of Maryland, 2001.

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Associate, 1999-2000.
 
Chester Rapkin Award, Journal of Planning Education and Research, 1991.
 
Article of the Year, 2nd place, 1990, Journal of the American Planning Association.