Planning for Complementarity: An Examination of the Roll and Opportunities of First-Tier and Second-Tier Cities Along the High-Speed Rail Network in California, Research Report 11-17

Authors

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, University of California at Los Angeles
Dana Cuff, University of California at Los Angeles
Harrison Higgins, University of California at Los Angeles

Description

The coming of California High-Speed Rail (HSR) offers opportunities for positive urban transformations in both first-tier and second-tier cities. The research in this report explores the different but complementary roles that first-tier and second-tier cities along the HSR network can play in making California more sustainable and less dependent on fossil fuels while reducing mobile sources of greenhouse gas emissions and congestion at airports and on the state’s roadways. Drawing from case studies of cities in Northern and Southern California, the study develops recommendations for the planning, design, and programming of areas around California stations for the formation of transit-supportive density nodes.

Publication Date

3-2-2012

Publication Type

Report

Topic

Transit and Passenger Rail

MTI Project

1030

Mineta Transportation Institute URL

https://transweb.sjsu.edu/research/Planning-Complementarity-Examination-Role-and-Opportunities-First-Tier-and-Second-Tier-Cities-Along-High-Speed-Rail-Network-California

Keywords

High-speed rail, California, Urban development, Transit stations

Disciplines

Transportation

Recommended Citation

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Dana Cuff, and Harrison Higgins. "Planning for Complementarity: An Examination of the Roll and Opportunities of First-Tier and Second-Tier Cities Along the High-Speed Rail Network in California, Research Report 11-17" Mineta Transportation Institute (2012).