This study, prepared by the Economic Development Research Group for APTA, finds that for every $1 invested in public transportation, an average of $4 is generated in economic returns, in addition to $3.5 billion in business sales and nearly $500 million in federal, state and local tax revenues.

This document by Jackie Benson discusses, “how to market the safety, convenience, and other benefits of smart growth communities.”

This study by Mark J. Eppli and Charles C. Tu, “finds that people are willing to pay more money for a home in a smart growth project than a similar house in a typical suburban development.”

This document by Gregg Logan, Stephanie Siejka and Shyam Kannan presents a, “review of studies of consumer demand for smart growth that finds that about one-third of homebuyers would prefer a smart growth neighborhood.”

The EPA examined residential building permits in the 50 largest metropolitan regions to determine if there has been a shift toward redevelopment and in which regions the shift has been most significant. The trends indicate that the distribution of residential construction has significantly changed over time in many regions. In more than half of the largest metropolitan areas, urban core communities have dramatically increased their share of new residential building permits. However, in many regions, a large share of new residential construction still takes place on previously undeveloped land on the urban fringe.

Dangerous by Design – co-authored by T4America in partnership with STPP, America Bikes, America Walks, and the American Public Health Association – ranks metropolitan areas based on the relative danger of walking. Nearly 5,000 Americans die preventable deaths each year on roads that fail to provide safe conditions for pedestrians.

Reconnecting America is co-publishing the book Moving Minds: Conservatives and Transit, “a collection of studies by renown conservative transit advocates Paul Weyrich and William Lind.” The studies have, “helped conservatives understand why transit should be an essential part of the conservative agenda: because it enhances national security, promotes economic development, helps maintain conservative values including a sense of community, and provides welfare recipients with access to jobs.”

This Transportation Cooperative Research Program report provides descriptions of a variety of funding mechanisms which are currently used or could be used to fund transit. The report includes lists of the advantages and disadvantages of each mechanism and places where the mechanisms are currently implemented.

This APTA report, “focuses on key issues critical to private investors as they consider investments or future expansion into the public transportation industry. Investment questions typically focus on transit financing, sources, process, and dependability, funding targets for investments, and funding needs.”