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Moving Los Angeles: Short-Term Policy Options for Improving Transportation

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2009

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source RAND Corporation

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

Traffic congestion in Los Angeles is severe due to a high population density, a high level of per-capita vehicle miles traveled (VMT), and insufficient revenue from gas taxes to expand road capacity. The city should implement pricing strategies to manage peak-hour demand, improve...

New Engines of Growth: Five Roles for Arts, Culture and Design

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level County

State(s) All States

Source National Governors Association

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Finance & Procurement, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources

With concerns over job creation and business growth holding a prominent - and persistent - position on policy agendas today, governors are increasingly calling on state agencies to support economic growth. It's not just economic and workforce development agencies that governors want...

Creating an Affordable Housing Ecosystem

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2024

Level City or Town, National

State(s) California, Vermont

Source Mayors Innovation Project

Policy Areas Community Development, Housing

Access to affordable housing in urban areas is limited, leading to economic disparities and concentrations of poverty. Communities can enhance economic development and sustainability by distributing affordable housing and job opportunities more equitably. This presentation by The...

Carmageddon in Los Angeles: The Sizzle and the Fizzle

Type Article

Year 2014

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source ACCESS Magazine, Spring 2014, Number 44

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

Severe traffic congestion was anticipated due to the closure of a major freeway segment in Los Angeles for bridge reconstruction. The city should implement extensive planning and communication strategies, including increased transit services, no-parking zones, and real-time traffic...

Creating Change through Arts, Culture, and Equitable Development

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level County

State(s) All States

Source PolicyLink

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources

Collectively, arts and culture enable understanding of the past and envisioning of a shared, more equitable future. In disinvested communities, arts and culture act as tools for equitable development- shaping infrastructure, transportation, access to healthy food, and connecting community...

Parking Requirements and Housing Development: Regulation and Reform in Los Angeles

Type Article

Year 2014

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source ACCESS Magazine, Spring 2014, Number 44

Policy Areas Community Development, Housing, Transportation & Mobility

The cost of parking is being shifted to housing costs due to minimum parking requirements, which reduces the amount and variety of housing available. The city should remove parking requirements to encourage more and varied housing development. This policy change is related to urban...

Trends in Smart City Development

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source National League of Cities

Policy Areas Community Development, Data & Technology

This report examines the meanings and practices associated with the term 'smart cities.' Smart city initiatives involve three components: information and communication technologies (ICTs) that generate and aggregate data; analytical tools which convert that data into usable information;...

2007 Maine Informed Growth Act for Big Box Stores

Type Act or Session Law

Year 2007

Level State

State(s) Maine

Source Maine State Legislature

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice

This state law requires developers to submit an impact report for superstores, or retail stores that are 75,000 square feet or larger. The comprehensive impact study must identify the effects of the large-scale retail development on the community as a whole, including economic effects...

Evaluation of CeaseFire-Chicago

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2008

Level City or Town

State(s) Illinois

Source U.S. Department of Justice

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Safety

The U.S Department of Justice recommends that the city of Chicago implement the CeaseFire program, which focuses on changing the behavior of individuals at high risk of being involved in shootings through the use of violence interrupters and outreach workers. The program's strategies...

Putting Cities Back on Their Feet

Type Article

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Journal of Urban Planning and Development

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

Broken sidewalks have become a significant issue, especially for people with disabilities, following a 2002 court ruling that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to sidewalks. Cities should require property owners to repair broken sidewalks fronting their property before...

An Evaluation of the Current Group Violence Intervention (GVI) Implementation in Philadelphia

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2023

Level City or Town

State(s) Pennsylvania

Source University of Pennsylvania

Policy Areas Health, Public Safety

Philadelphia's Group Violence Intervention strategy addresses group member-involved firearm violence through a combination of social services, focused deterrence, and community-driven anti-violence messaging. Despite COVID-19 challenges, the city adapted by using Mobile Call-In Teams...

Fixing Broken Sidewalks

Type Article

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Journal of Urban Planning and Development

Policy Areas Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

Sidewalks in many cities, including Los Angeles, have been neglected and are in serious disrepair, making them less accessible, especially for people with disabilities. Cities should require property owners to repair broken sidewalks before selling their property, ensuring gradual...

Auto Insurance Redlining in the Inner City

Type Article

Year 2004

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source ACCESS

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

Higher insurance premiums are charged in low-income, minority neighborhoods due to higher accident rates, which are impacted by disproportionately high rates of traffic congestion in those areas. This article outlines how cities should implement policies to mitigate the impact of...

On-Street Parking Management vs. Off-Street Parking Requirements

Type Article

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) California, Colorado, Oregon

Source ACCESS

Policy Areas Housing, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

New developments that do not include off-street parking creates demand for spillover parking, which increases housing costs and creates various nuisances for the surrounding community. Cities should implement Overnight Parking Permit Districts, which would restrict overnight parking...

Innovation and the City

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Center for an Urban Future

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, Energy, Democracy & Governance, Children & Families, Health, Housing, Public Safety, Education, Transportation & Mobility

In recent years, cities have become the drivers of government innovation. As urban growth has exploded over the past half century - increasing from a third to nearly 60 percent of world population today - local officials have been forced to solve problems and generate new ideas, policies,...

Parking Benefit Districts in China

Type Article

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source ACCESS Magazine

Policy Areas Community Development, Transportation & Mobility

Overcrowded on-street parking and undersupplied public services in low-income neighborhoods calls for parking pricing reforms to manage demand and use the revenue to finance local public services. This policy relates to urban planning, transportation management, and public service...

The Creative Corridor: A Main Street Revitalization

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2014

Level City or Town

State(s) Arkansas

Source Mayors Innovation Project

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Finance & Procurement, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources

If ecologies evolve through diversification, cities mature through aggregation of talent and resources. The Creative Corridor Plan is premised upon the aggregation of complementary creative organizations currently scattered throughout Little Rock. Some of these groups exist at the...

American Cities 1920-2020: Population Shifts and Forms of Government

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2024

Level National

State(s) All States

Source National League of Cities

Policy Areas Community Development, Democracy & Governance

American cities became increasingly urban and population density shifted west over the past century. Urban planning and infrastructure are adapting to accommodate the growing urban population, and forms of municipal government have shifted as well. Local elected officials should be...

Affordable Space How Rising Commercial Rents Are Threatening Independent Businesses, and What Cities Are Doing About It

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level County

State(s) All States

Source Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Finance & Procurement, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Housing, Public Safety

The cost of leasing commercial space is soaring in many U.S. cities, threatening the future of independent businesses. In cities as diverse as Oakland and Nashville, Milwaukee and Portland, Maine, retail rents have shot up by double-digit percentages over the last year alone. As the...

Analyzing the Impact of Baltimore’s Group Violence Reduction Strategy in the Western District

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2023

Level City or Town

State(s) Maryland

Source Crime and Justice Policy Lab, University of Pennsylvania

Policy Areas Public Safety

Baltimore's Western District, historically plagued by high rates of homicides and shootings, has implemented a Group Violence Reduction Strategy that combines targeted law enforcement with offers of support services and community-led messaging to individuals at risk. In the 18 months...

Effectiveness of Colorado Community Wildfire Protection Plans: A Plan Quality Review

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) Colorado

Source University of Wisconsin

Policy Areas Community Development, Environment & Natural Resources, Public Safety

The increasing severity and cost of wildfires require the implementation of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) that mitigate these fires through fuel reduction and structural ignitability treatments. Wildfire mitigation strategies should be integrated with local land use...

The political calculus of congestion pricing

Type Article

Year 2007

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Transport Policy

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Transportation & Mobility

The political feasibility of congestion pricing is hindered by the challenge of gaining initial support. Local officials should distribute toll revenue to cities through which the freeways pass, creating a strong constituency that benefits directly from the revenue, thereby increasing...

Guide for Embedding Breakthrough Innovation in Local Government

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source City Accelerator

Policy Areas Energy, Children & Families, Democracy & Governance, Health, Housing, Public Safety, Education, Environment & Natural Resources, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Transportation & Mobility

Government is often thought of as a place where good ideas go to die. We who work in local government know this is not true. We also know, however, that cities' current set of approaches and solutions won't be enough to address our most pressing challenges. We need more and fundamentally...

Thinking Differently About Development

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level County, City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Government Finance Review

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Housing

Mixed-use, high-density development produces greater revenues per acre than low-density patterns. This report highlights how suburban areas generate less tax revenue than urban areas but incur higher public costs and consume more land. It recommends that municipalities reinvest in...

Graduated Parking Fines

Type Article

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) California, New Hampshire

Source Los Angeles Times

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement, Public Safety

Cities often increase parking fines to raise revenue, which unfairly penalizes occasional violators while failing to deter chronic offenders. This article recommends that municipalities implement graduated parking fines, which increase penalties for repeat offenders while remaining...

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