Exceptional Densification and Resulting Mode Shifts in the US and Canada

Planners in the United States and Canada should stop defending single-family zoning, the single most harmful widely used practice in planning. In the century since first adoption, it has exacerbated both inequality and climate change. Land use regulations that make a singly occupied, detached house on a large parcel the only allowable option should be replaced, wherever they exist, with new rules that allow medium-density, or “Missing Middle,” housing to be built by right. These changes should be applied broadly at the scale of an entire city or, best of all, a state, rather than piecemeal. Encouraging recent events in Minneapolis (MN), Oregon, and elsewhere show that single-family zoning is being seriously challenged for the first time, but more progress is needed.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $ $51,825
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747135

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Stearns, Amy

• Performing Organizations:

  Cooperative Mobility for Competitive Megaregions (CM2)

  University of Texas at Austin
  Austin, TX  United States  78712
• Principal Investigators:

  Wegmann, Jake

• Start Date: 20220901
• Expected Completion Date: 20230831
• Actual Completion Date: 20230831
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Housing; Land use; Modal shift; Population density; Zoning
• Geographic Terms: Canada; United States
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01940484
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Cooperative Mobility for Competitive Megaregions (CM2)
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747135
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Dec 20 2024 7:31PM