Effective transportation, housing, and land use

Using the building blocks of communities better—and better together

đź’ˇ Develop transportation and housing to give people more freedom and make communities easier to walk, bike, connect, and live in, while building community infrastructure, systems, and places that provide greater public benefits for lower costs

What local government officials can do

  • Develop high-level plans for transportation and housing—and relatedly land use, destinations, buildings, and community initiatives—in an integrated way
  • Organize transportation system using the “avoid-shift-improve” framework that centers compact land use, mixed use neighborhoods, infill middle housing, and co-locating housing and destinations with high-frequency transit
  • Identify and pursue the next generation of measures to significantly increase the diversify of type and holistic resource-efficiency of the housing stock

What other leaders can do

  • Ensure that building and transportation energy are managed in an integrated way
  • Advocate for the above

Resources

Explainer: Combined transportation-housing strategies

Perspectives on transportation and housing