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PAS Memo

Carsharing: A Guide for Local Planners
Transportation issues can create seemingly no-win conflicts for planners, whether it's negotiating traffic demand management, wrangling over parking requirements, addressing the quality of life issues caused by too much traffic, and, most recently, addressing vehicle emissions and climate change. A new "product-as-service" approach to vehicle use, called carsharing, is emerging in many high-density communities as a way of addressing these issues. First introduced in Portland, Oregon, in 1998, these programs include both for-profit and nonprofit operators and serve major metropolitan markets, universities, and more recently a number of smaller cities. Carsharing can help planners meet transportation, land use, and environmental goals. Learn about how carsharing programs work, how to attract public support, and how to address some challenges associated with this alternative travel choice.

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Essential PAS Info Packet — NEW

Transit-Oriented Development
Is your community considering light rail or bus rapid transit? Do you want to know how to encourage pedestrian-oriented development in transit station areas? Land-use patterns and site development practices have significant effects on the efficiency, convenience, and cost-effectiveness of multimodal transportation systems. Transit-oriented development (TOD) seeks to create an appropriate mix of uses to maximize transit access and use. Our new Essential PAS Info Packet provides an overview of how communities around the country are planning for TOD, as well as a wide variety of local plans, policies, and regulations highlighting the cutting-edge in TOD practice.

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PAS Partners in Practice

Are you ready to assist your fellow PAS subscribers?
PAS is offering you an opportunity to share your community's experience and success with planners nationwide. If you have ideas and suggestions, send them to PASpartners@planning.org.

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Resources at the APA Library

The APA Library has more than 4,200 volumes on planning and related subjects. It's one of the sources your PAS researchers turn to to answer your inquiries. You can search the APA library, too, by searching the online catalog by author, title, or subject.

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